The Brexit-Belt and Road Axis: India for Neighbourhood First

China’s Belt & Road Initiative (B&RI), also known as One-Belt-One-Road (OBOR), depends for its success on a tacit alliance with Britain and the financial acumen of the City of London. The London-Beijing axis has likely gathered momentum with Britain’s decision to quit the European Union (EU) in June 2016 and Prime Minister Theresa May’s triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty in March 2017, to begin the divorce process.