China and South Asia Changing Regional Dynamics Development and Power Play 1st Edition by Rajiv Ranjan, Guo Changgang ISBN 9780367428297 0367428296

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ISBN 10: 0367428296
ISBN 13: 9780367428297
Author: Rajiv Ranjan, Guo Changgang

China and South Asia Changing Regional Dynamics Development and Power Play 1st Edition Table of contents:

1 Introduction

China and South Asia in the twenty-first century

China’s neighbourhood diplomacy and South Asia policy

Scholarly debates on China’s South Asian policy

Themes and perspectives

Changing dynamics and power play

References

Part I Politics and strategy

2 CPEC and changing dynamics of China–India relations

Contextualising Indo-Pakistani rivalry

Is the CPEC fueling territorial disputes and igniting sovereignty issues?

Containment reincarnated: changing dynamics of Indo-US relations

CPEC pragmatists

Changing dynamics: India–China relations and CPEC

Conclusion

Appendix

Notes

References

3 China’s Trishula approach in South Asia

Challenges to balancing the end game

Trishula 2 approach

Local integration

National perspective

Regional approach

Contentious directions and critical issues

Balancing the end game

Conclusion

Notes

References

4 Coping with rising China

Responses of the small states of South Asia

Small states’ alignment choices

Bangladesh’s China policy

Sri Lanka’s China policy

The Maldives’ China policy

Conclusion

References

5 Cooperation and competition in China–India relations

A quantitative analysis of academic debates

Relative concepts

‘Conflict’ and ‘competition’

‘Traditional security’ and ‘non-traditional security’

Analytic method, samples and statistical analysis technique

Comparison between Chinese and foreign research

Similarities in research perspective

Differences in research perspective

Cooperation or competition

Consensus: coexistence of cooperation and competition

Divergence: the mainstream of Sino-Indian relations

Fields of cooperation and competition

Consensus: cooperation in non-traditional security

Consensus: cooperation and competition in the field of geopolitics

Measures to promote cooperation

Consensus: three core issues

Divergence: issue of economic and trade frictions

Divergence: measures to further promote cooperation

Conclusion

References

6 Security environment in South Asia

The role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)

Regional security and expansion of SCO

Outcome of the SCO summit 2016

SCO can bring India and Pakistan together

SCO and regional connectivity

Summit meeting in Bishkek on 13–14 June 2019

Challenges to SCO

Conclusion

References

Part II Belt and Road Initiative

7 China’s Twenty-First-Century Maritime Silk Road and its Influence on the Development of South Asia

India and South Asia

MSRI and South Asia: Development and Geopolitics

The ‘String of Pearls strategy’: The Indian Worry

Conclusion

Note

References

8 The Belt and Road Initiative

The changing dynamics of development in South Asia

The peaceful rise of China

The promises of the BRI

BRI and the trajectory of development in South Asia

Geopolitics of the BRI

Exploring the win-win around the BRI

Conclusion

Notes

References

9 The Belt and Road Initiative

Chinese normative power in South Asia

Relational and normative power

Relational power

Low fungibility of power resources

Normative power

The BRI and power theory

Origins and motives of the Belt and Road Initiative

Belt and Road and power

The BRI and normative power

South Asia and Chinese norms

Area of analysis

What kind of technical standards

Institutional framework

General documents and South Asia

Bilateral documents

Conclusion

Notes

References

10 Bangladesh–China maritime security cooperation

A search for new opportunities under the Belt and Road Initiative

Conceptual and theoretical frameworks

Maritime security

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

‘Top-down’ and ‘Bottom-up’ approaches to the international order at sea

Significance of maritime security for Bangladesh in the twenty-first century

Geostrategic significance

Geo-economic significance

Maritime security threats for Bangladesh

Traditional security threats

Non-traditional security threats

Transnational terrorism

Maritime piracy

Arms and drug smuggling

Human trafficking

Natural disasters

Bangladesh’s maritime security cooperation with China under BRI

China as a strategic security partner for Bangladesh

Modernisation of Bangladesh Navy and Coast Guard

China’s cooperation to mitigate non-traditional security threats in the bay

Theoretical implications

Implications of top-down and bottom-up approaches

Implications of the Belt and Road Initiative

Conclusion

References

Part III Ideology, media and culture

11 The impact of the Sino-Soviet split on the politics of the left in Pakistan

Formation of the National Awami Party (NAP)

The Sino-Soviet split and its effects on the NAP

Conclusion

References

12 Image of China in the Afghan media

Afghan-Sino relations

The Media and Afghanistan

China in Afghan media

Why is this the case?

Conclusion

References

13 China–India cooperation in the cultural industry in the twenty-first century

Overview of Chinese culture and its cultural industry

Overview of Indian culture and its cultural industry

The current situation of cultural exchanges and cultural industry cooperation between China and India

Positive factors that facilitate China–India cooperation in the cultural industries

The negative factors for developing bilateral cultural industry cooperation

Measures of improving bilateral cooperation between China and India in cultural fields

Conclusion

References

14 Development of cultural ecotourism in Gilgit-Baltistan

Opportunities and challenges in the wake of the CPEC

Geographical and strategic importance of Gilgit-Baltistan

Ecotourism

Foreign tourism

Prospects for ecotourism in Gilgit-Baltistan

Positive impacts of ecotourism

Eco–cultural tourism

Avenues for eco-adventure tourism in GB

Archeological heritage

China–Pakistan economic corridor (CPEC)

CPEC and the tourism sector

Key challenges for ecotourism development

Flawed management

Skewed policy paradigm

Financial impediments

Dilapidated infrastructure

Security predicament

Threat to cultural and archaeological heritage

Complex regulatory/legislative framework

Inadequacies of human resources

Lack of baseline studies

Unstructured marketing strategy

Conclusion

References

Part IV Great power politics

15 Anticipating the China challenge

China’s rise and the United States’ security policy vis-à-vis India

Thucydides trap?

China and India in US lexicon

US overtures for a ‘natural balancer’

Conclusion

References

16 China’s Belt and Road Initiative and the Indian Ocean balance

Shifting strategic coordinates in IOR

BRI and IOR balance

Regional responses from India

Conclusion

References

17 Russia’s ‘pivot to the East’ and its impact on the Asia-Pacific region and South Asia

Economic prerequisites of the Russian ‘pivot to the East’

Chinese-Russian relations as a driver of the Russian ‘pivot to the East’

Integration in Eurasia and the APR

Diplomatic contacts and regional security

Modernisation of the Russian Far East

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