Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity

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.

• Chapter 1: Introduction.- Part 1: The BRI and the Politics of Connectivity and Infrastructure Building in Asia.- Chapter 2: Connectivity, Statecraft and Asian Acts of Rebalancing.- Chapter 3: The BRI and China’s Soft Power Strategy: Implications of the Digital Silk Road for South Asia.- Chapter 4: Cross-border Infrastructure Development in South Asia: Chinese and Indian Approaches, Rivalries, and Potential for Cooperation.- Part 2: The BRI and India.- Chapter5: India’s Reconstruction of China Policy.- Chapter 6: The Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia: The BRI and the New Cold Wars.- Part 3: The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia and the Indian Ocean.- Chapter 7: China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Implications for Sino-Indian Rivalry.- Chapter 8: The BRI and Sino-Indian Rivalry in Bangladesh.- Chapter 9: The India-China Geo-Economic Contest for Influence in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Maldives.- Chapter 10: India’s bid to Counter China in the Indian Ocean.