Full Description
This book explores the struggle between China and the United States to expand their influence in Asia through economic assistance and defensive alliances. It brings together the diverse viewpoints of scholars from various countries on how Asian countries will exploit this geo-strategic competition to pursue their national interests, while also balancing their relations with the two great powers. The book offers a valuable asset for all those who have an interest in great power politics and international relations, especially academics, policymakers and security experts.
Contents
Rebalancing Asia: Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy.- Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision - In Pursuing a Valid and Substantive Initiative.- China's Geopolitical, Geo-economic and Geostrategic gameplay in the Indian Ocean Region.- Connectivity, Cooperation, and Collaboration: China-South Asia Partnerships under the Scientific Belt &Road Initiative.- Spatial Conquest by Other Means: Assessing the Geopolitical Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative.- Europe and the US-China confrontation in the Indo-Pacific.- Opportunities for new trend of labour mobility from Vietnam as a result of Doi Moi, ASEAN Connectivity and One Belt, One Road Initiative.- BRI and the Indo-Pacific: Narratives of Traders and Warriors on the Silk Road.- CPEC: The Buckle in China's BRI.- China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Concerns for India.
