Introduction

Abstract

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), formerly known as One Belt, One Road, is a signature foreign policy priority of Chinese President Xi Jinping. BRI consists of two aspects: the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. All in all, it includes more than two thirds of world population and more than one third of global economic output, and could involve Chinese investments that total up to $4 trillion. While the threat related to the use of violence is not common over all the BRI, several other crises may arise, such as social confrontation, environmental degradation and an overall lack of corporate social responsibilities. The rise of new models of risk assessments, prevention and mitigation, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), private security corporations and big data analysis provide a wide range of capabilities that can benefit the overall BRI’s security.