COMPETITION OF STRATEGY BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN NOWADAYS Cover Image

COMPETITION OF STRATEGY BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN NOWADAYS
COMPETITION OF STRATEGY BETWEEN CHINA AND INDIA IN THE INDIAN OCEAN NOWADAYS

Author(s): Tran Long, Yen Tran, Hien Huynh, Hiep Tran
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Sciences, Governance, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, History and theory of political science, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, Geopolitics, Politics of History/Memory, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Competition; Strategy; China; India; Indian Ocean

Summary/Abstract: In recent years, the Indian Ocean Region has become central to the strategies of major global powers due to a series of geoeconomic and geopolitical factors. While China increased its influence in this region by opening up connections within the framework of the BRI, offering loans, and constructing infrastructures, India, with its “neighborhood first” policy, also preserved its traditional sphere of influence. Due to the rising strategic competition by powers, Indian Ocean Region was at the crossroads of great power competition, especially the strategic competition between China and India. The article was based on a comparative approach and simultaneously compared India and China’s influence in each field in the Indian Ocean region. The analysis showed that competition between China and India in the context of the two countries still has many tensions, leading to each country’s efforts to strengthen military control over the Indian Ocean region. However, this competition tends to serve as a balance between the two countries, motivating them to develop regional power rather than allowing a single dominant state to become a hegemon.

  • Issue Year: 9/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 454-468
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English
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