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Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of Contents1. Rebalancing Asia: Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy
2. Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision– In Pursuing a Valid and Substantive Initiative
3. Spatial Conquest by Other Means: Assessing the Geopolitical Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
4. CPEC: The Buckle in China’s BRI
5. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its Concerns for India
6. Connectivity, Cooperation, and Collaboration: China-South Asia Partnerships under the Scientific Belt &Road Initiative
7. Opportunities for new trend of labour mobility from Vietnam as a result of Doi Moi, ASEAN Connectivity and One Belt, One Road Initiative
8. China’s Geopolitical, Geo-economic and Geostrategic gameplay in the Indian Ocean Region
9. China and the BRI: Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asia
10. Sitting on the Fence? Australia’s Balancing of the Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy in the new Multipolar World System
11. Belt and Road Initiative Vs. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Increasing US-China Strategic Distrust
12. China’s Maritime Ambition in South Asia vis-à-vis Bangladesh: A Concern for India?
13. India’s China Policy in the ‘Indo-Pacific’: A Balancing Act
14. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS): Challenges and Opportunities for Sri Lanka
15. China's Belt and Road: Is it a Game Changer?
16. The US and the Indo-Pacific: Trump’s Policy Towards the Region
17. A Real Conundrum for ASEAN: How to Cope with America and China?
