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 implications
• Examination of Indo-Pacific strategic dynamics and great power competition between US and China
• Regional case studies including Maldives, Fujian Province, and South Asian responses to BRI
• Historical perspective connecting Zheng He voyages to contemporary Chinese maritime strategy
• Academic assessment of geopolitical contestation and evolving power structures in maritime Asia

This 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.

Bhavna Singh holds PhD in Chinese Nationalism from the Centre for East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. She is currently Senior Research Fellow (2023-2025) at the Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China under the CSC Language Scholarship working on Qing Dynasty trade. She previously worked as a consultant with the CCCS, MEA (2021-2023) and as an Associate Fellow with the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS: 2018-2020). She was a Senior Research Officer with the China Research Programme at IPCS from 2010-2013.