The Bri and the Indo-Pacific - Reinventing Traditions

This book provides comprehensive analysis of China's Belt and Road Initiative after a decade of implementation, examining its impact on Indo-Pacific geopolitics and regional power dynamics. Contributors explore case studies from the Maldives, Fujian Province, and South Asia, while analyzing US-China strategic competition and historical maritime precedents, and also includes:Comprehensive decade-long analysis of China's Belt and Road Initiative and its geopolitical implicationsExamination of Indo-Pacific strategic dynamics and great power competition between US and ChinaRegional case studies including Maldives, Fujian Province, and South Asian responses to BRIHistorical perspective connecting Zheng He voyages to contemporary Chinese maritime strategyAcademic assessment of geopolitical contestation and evolving power structures in maritime AsiaThis title has been co-published with Knowledge World Publishers. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka.