| Authors | Major issues/conclusions | Journal/sources |
| David & Liu (2017) [37] | BRI of china may be a global connection economically or militarily which has an economic effect on the partner region. | International Relations and Diplomacy |
| Chung (2017) [38] | BRI enhances the economic development that reinforces its domestic political firmness in China and other partner countries. | The Pacific Review |
| Haiquan (2017) [39] | BRI is a tool for developing China’s open economy. | Croatian International Relations Review |
| Zeng (2017) [40] | Europe contributes a relegated role in China’s policy dialogue. | Journal of Common Market Studies |
| Cheong (2017) [3] | Focusing on economic valuation of BRI and some risks concerning execution. | Journal of International Logistics and Trade |
| Blanchard & Flint (2017) [14] | Major consideration of BRI are changing of global political paradigm and solving practical problems. | Geopolitics |
| Das (2017) [41] | BRI can resolve the problem of excess production capacity by exporting to the BRI geographical region. | China Report |
| Du & Zhang (2017) [42] | Overseas direct investment (ODI) of China increased significantly to the BRI countries. | China Economic Review |
| Vangeli (2017) [43] | BRI is the strong practical and normative link between China’s domestic development and its global orientation. | China & World Economy |
| Gabuev (2017) [44] | Global scholars still have argument on the focus of BRI and major disputed elements of strategy, projects and significances. | The Journal of Contemporary China Studies |
| Yu (2017) [34] | China focuses on BRI initiatives economically, politically, and strategically. | Journal of Contemporary China |
| Djankov & Miner (2016) [45] | It provides a potential new channel like Century Maritime Silk Road on the shipping networks and the development of hub seaports. | Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review |
| Wang et al. (2017) [46] | The BRI has derived to epitomize China’s growing significance in international affairs, redesigning regional dynamics. | CEPN |
| Sidaway & Woon (2017) [47] | The revival of a Silk Road(s) bears a history closely focused European imperialism is adjoined about in the modern adaptation of the notion into BRI chronicles. | Professional Geographer |
| Jian (2017) [48] | BRI will form the backbone of future trade arrangements. | Al Jazeera Centre for Studies |
| Shapiro (2017) [49] | BRI includes amity and collaboration, frankness and inclusiveness, communal erudition and common benefit. | Geopolitics |
| Aris (2016) [50] | BRI covers almost all regions of Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. | CSS Analyses in Security Policy |
| HKTDC (2016) [51] | Analysis of six economic corridors in the BRI. Key areas of co-operation are policy, finance and others. | Hong Kong Trade Development Council |
| Du (2016) [52] | Compare the BRI with the TPP, claiming the former to be the Chinese version of globalization. | The Chinese Journal of Global Governance |
| Tian (2016) [53] | BRI is China’s grand strategy encountering the U.S.’s TPP promotion or rebalancing in Asia. | Voices |
| Hsueh (2016) [54] | The BRI would provide a great opportunity for the internationalization of the Renminbi, since more trade and investment can be settled with Renminbi. | Journal of Contemporary East Asia Studies |