The belt and road initiative and the politics of connectivity : Sino-Indian rivalry in the 21st century / / Bhumitra Chakma, Xiudian Dai, editors

• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 pages)
• Disciplina: 741.5973
• Soggetto topico: Diplomatic relations
• Soggetto geografico: China Foreign relations India; India Foreign relations China
• Persona (resp. second.): ChakmaBhumitra; DaiXiudian
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- An Analytical Framework -- Sino-Indian Rivalry: Historical Background -- The Belt and Road Initiative -- Aim and Objectives -- Outline of the Chapters -- Notes -- Part I The BRI and the Politics of Connectivity and Infrastructure Building in Asia -- 2 Connectivity, Statecraft, and Asian Acts of Rebalancing -- A Drive for Physical Connectivity and Spatial Growth -- From Crisis Management to Ambition of Xi Jinping: A Scheme Which Knits Domestic Growth and Influence -- The Geostrategic Dimensions of BRI -- India and BRI-Led Connectivity: Re-Discovering Well-Worn Routes and the Lessons in Statecraft -- India's Connectivity Alternatives in the East -- India Reconnects with the Asian Heartland -- Corridors Beyond Asia: The Case of Asia-Africa Growth Corridor -- Prognosis: Parallel and Disproportionate Connectivity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 The BRI and China's Soft Power Strategy: Implications of the Digital Silk Road for South Asia -- The BRI and the Rise of China as a Digital Power -- The Digital Silk Road and CPEC: Rewiring Regional Politics -- Beyond CPEC: PEACE for a New World Order? -- Conclusion: A New World Order for South Asia? -- Notes -- 4 Cross-Border Infrastructure Development in South Asia: Chinese and Indian Approaches, Rivalries, and Potential for Cooperation -- Introduction -- BRI Corridors in South Asia -- India-Led Initiatives in South Asia and Beyond -- Chinese vs. Indian Initiatives -- Sino-Indian Geopolitical Competition in South Asia -- Potential for Sino-India Cooperation -- Notes -- Part II The BRI and India -- 5 India's Reconstruction of Its China Policy -- India's First Strategic Reconstruction: Military Tension and Economic Cooperation -- Second Strategic Reconstruction: Military Crises and Economic Shift -- Conclusion. ; Notes -- 6 The Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia: The BRI and the New Cold Wars -- China's BRI in South Asia -- China-Pakistan Collusion -- Increasing Chinese Influence in Nepal -- Systemic Implications -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part III The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia and the Indian Ocean -- 7 China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Implications for Sino-Indian Rivalry -- Introduction -- CPEC: Origin and Evolution -- Pakistani Motivations -- Economic -- Geopolitical and Strategic -- CPEC: China's Motivations: -- Economic -- Geopolitical and Strategic Motives: -- CPEC and Implications for Sino-Indian Rivalry -- Notes -- 8 The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry in Bangladesh -- Introduction -- The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry -- Indian and Chinese Interests in Bangladesh -- India -- China -- Historical Background: Bangladesh's Bilateral Relations with India and China -- Indo-Bangladesh Relations -- Sino-Bangladesh Relations -- BRI and China-India Geo-Economic Rivalry in Bangladesh -- How Is Bangladesh Coping? -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- 9 The India-China Geo-Economic Contest for Influence in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives -- Objectives of Geo-Economic Engagement -- India's and China's Investment in Infrastructure Development in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives -- India and China in Nepal and the Contest for Influence -- Sri Lanka: China's Increasing Stake and India's Concerns -- India: Catching up with China in Sri Lanka? -- Maldives: The India-China Contest -- Evaluating India's Response to China's Economic and Strategic Presence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10 India's Bid to Counter China in the Indian Ocean -- Introduction -- China's Growing Undersea Deployments -- China's Moves in the Western Indian Ocean -- Chinese Expanding Footprint in South Asia -- An Emerging China-Pakistan-Iran Nexus -- Strengthening of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. ; A Possible Conflict in the Eastern IOR -- India's East Asian Outreach -- India's 'Quad' Conundrum -- The Chinese Perspective -- 'Sea-Denial' or 'Counter-Projection' -- A Possible India-China Détente at Sea -- Notes -- 11 Conclusion -- The BRI and China's Multiple Motivations -- Intensification of Sino-Indian Rivalry as a Consequence of the BRI -- Sino-Indian Rivalry and Enmeshment of Regional and Global-Level Geopolitics -- Politics of Connectivity and Infrastructure Building -- Final Words -- Notes -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity
• ISBN: 981-19-2864-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910591032103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Politics of South Asia.