On January 29 2019, Professor Mitrovic delivered a speech, “The Belt and Road Initiative – (after) Five Years of Networking Connectivity, Opportunities and Challenges”, at the international academic symposium: Navigating Globalisation – China’s Belt and Road Initiatives and Implications for the Caribbean, organised by Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) of the University of the West Indies, Bridgetown. Prof. Mitrovic was the main speaker at the Plenary Session: 1st Century Chinese Foreign Economic Relations.