1st Edition
The Bri and the Indo-Pacific Reinventing Traditions
Preface
1. The BRI and the Indo-Pacific: Reinventing Traditions over a Turbulent Decade
Bhavna Singh
2. The BRI and China’s Charm Offensive in the Maldives
Eshita Rudra
3. China’s BRI and Responses from Provinces: The Case of Fujian Province
Md. Yasin
4. China’s BRI: Revisiting the Labyrinth Post a Decade
Gunjan Singh
5. Geopolitical Contestation in the Indo-Pacific and the Belt and Road Initiative: An Evolving Great Game in the Maritime World
Vishal Rajput
6. The Zheng He Voyages: China’s Encounters with the Sea-Faring Nations of the East and the Maritime Legacy
Anuraag Khaund
7. US-China Geopolitical Competition: A Showdown between the Indo-Pacific and the BRI
Raymond Kwun-Sun Lau
8. BRI: The Dragon’s Great Eurasian Sphere of Influence
Jayadev Parida
9. The BRI and South Asia: Tracing the Variations in Chinese Engagements
Cyriac S. Pampackal
10. Mahan’s Theory of Sea Power and Chinese Politics in the Indo-Pacific
Anuraag Khaund
Index
Biography
Bhavna Singh holds PhD in Chinese Nationalism from the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She is currently Senior Research Fellow (2023-2025) at the Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China under the CSC Language Scholarship working on Qing Dynasty trade. She previously worked as a consultant with the CCCS, MEA (2021-2023) and as an Associate Fellow with the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS: 2018-2020). She was a Senior Research Officer with the China Research Programme at IPCS from 2010-2013.
