对这一新战略来说，同样重要的是两条当代丝绸之路：经过中亚抵达黑海的陆路和穿越南海、途经马六甲海峡、渡过印度洋抵达东非，然后经过红海进入东地中海的“海上丝绸之路 ” 。
Also vital to the new strategy are two prospective modern-day Silk Roads: an overland route through Central Asia to the Black Sea and a “Maritime Silk Road” by which shipping will pass from the South China Sea, through the Strait of Malacca, across the Indian Ocean to East Africa, and from there through the Red Sea into the eastern Mediterranean.