Dr. Angana Guha Roy is a foreign policy research analyst based in New Delhi. She worked as a Fellow for the John Lukacs Institute for Strategy and Politics, Ludovika University of Public Services in Budapest and is affiliated to the Usanas Foundation, Udaipur and the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs, Kathmandu as a respective Fellow. Dr. Roy completed her Ph.D. in foreign policy at the University of Delhi, focusing on middle powers in international relations. While pursuing her Ph.D., Dr. Roy simultaneously worked in prestigious think tanks in New Delhi including the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations and Delhi Policy Group.
China’s “small and beautiful” projects mark a new phase in its global strategy, shifting from mega BRI infrastructure to targeted, community-based development that deepens influence across the Global South. At…