Overview
- Illustrates New Delhi’s reaction to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
- Assesses the Sino-Indian rivalry within the contexts of great power rivalry and geo-economics
- Explores the dimensions of the rivalry, and analyses their causes, dynamics and implications
Part of the book series: Politics of South Asia (POSAS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The BRI and the Politics of Connectivity and Infrastructure Building in Asia
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The BRI and India
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The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia and the Indian Ocean
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Belt and Road Initiative
- South Asia and the BRI
- China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
- BRI and the Indian Ocean
- Sino-Indian Rivalry
- Maritime Rivalry in Asia
- Chinese Perspectives on the BRI
- BRI and China’s Global Strategy
- Political Communication and the BRI
- China’s Soft Power Strategy
- Indian Perspectives on the BRI
- India’s Geo-economic ‘Connectivity’ Strategies
- India-China Relationship
- Pakistan and the BRI
- Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and the BRI
- India-China Maritime Rivalry
- Economic Corridors in Asia
About this book
This volume analyses New Delhi’s reaction to China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the rise of politics of connectivity and infrastructure building which has heightened Sino-Indian rivalry in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). It can be evidenced that the BRI has transformed the Sino-Indian dynamics from a ‘managed rivalry’ to an intense geo-political competition. It is contended that competition is inevitable when two powers rise in the same neighbourhood.
The Indian government has opposed the BRI since its inception noting that the ‘BRI violates India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity’ because one of the flagship BRI projects - the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) - runs through (Pakistan-controlled) Kashmir which India claims to be its own territory. It has consistently maintained that China’s ‘connectivity initiatives must be based on universally recognized international norms, good governance, rule of law, openness, transparency and equality, and must be pursued in a manner that respects sovereignty and territorial integrity’ of other states.
Beyond those stated reservations, New Delhi is concerned about the BRI infrastructure and connectivity projects in the smaller South Asian countries and the Indian Ocean littoral states. India has traditionally viewed South Asia and the IOR as its backyard over which it has historically maintained a position of influence. It is apprehensive that the BRI projects will enhance Beijing’s stature and undermine India’s influence in the region.
In eleven chapters including Introduction and Conclusion, this book explores the dimensions of the rivalry and analyses the causes, dynamics and implications of an accelerated Sino-Indian competition.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr Chakma is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Studies and Director of the South Asia Project, at the University of Hull.
Dr Dai is Former Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Studies at the University of Hull.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity
Book Subtitle: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the 21st Century
Editors: Bhumitra Chakma, Xiudian Dai
Series Title: Politics of South Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2864-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2863-5Published: 04 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2866-6Published: 05 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-2864-2Published: 03 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2523-8345
Series E-ISSN: 2523-8353
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 276
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Foreign Policy, Asian Economics, Asian Politics, International Political Economy