Dean Karalekas, Ph.D., is a research fellow affiliated with the Centre for Austronesian Studies at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, UK.Fu-Kuo Liu, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations and Professor in the International Doctoral Program in Asia Pacific Studies (IDAS), College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University.Csaba Moldicz, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Business and Management, Budapest Business School, Hungary.

• Part 1: Perspectives on the Competing BRI-FOIP Strategies Chapter 1. Geopolitical Templates, Trends, and Transformation: The Evolving Maritime Security Architecture and Implications for the Indo-Pacific; Lawrence Prabhakar Williams Chapter 2. Analysis of Legal Warfare and Corresponding Actions in the South China Sea; Ruei-Lin Yu Chapter 3. Clash of interests between China and the United States along the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road; Judit Szilágyi Chapter 4.The Romance of Three Economic Blocs: EU-China Economic Relations Evolving in an Era of Uncertainty; To-hai Liou Part 2: Responses by individual countries/regions Chapter 5. Europe-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A Balancing Act vis-à-vis China’s Belt and Road Initiative?; Mor Sobol Chapter 6. China’s Central Asian Nexus and the New Silk Road Project: Comparing the Cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Pal Gyene Chapter 7. The Sino-American Geopolitics and Geo-economics from Taiwan to Sri Lanka and Beyond; Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang Chapter 8. ASEAN’s Perspective on The Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy; Hank Lim Chapter 9. Philippine National Security Interests and Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and US Indo-Pacific Strategy; Rommel BanlaoiPart 3: Competition in the Digital Domain Chapter 10. Great Power Politics on information and communications technology: between the United States Blue Dot Network and China’s Belt and Road Initiative; Hon-min Yau Chapter 11. The Fight for Economic and Digital Supremacy in the New Bipolar World Order: The EU’s Response to Global Challenges; Teodora Wiesenmayer Chapter 12. Assessing the Economic and Political Success of the Digital Silk Road throughout the Indo-Pacific Region; Tobias Burgers

Dean Karalekas, Ph.D., is a research fellow affiliated with the Centre for Austronesian Studies at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, UK.Fu-Kuo Liu, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations and Professor in the International Doctoral Program in Asia Pacific Studies (IDAS), College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University.Csaba Moldicz, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Business and Management, Budapest Business School, Hungary.

• Part 1: Perspectives on the Competing BRI-FOIP Strategies Chapter 1. Geopolitical Templates, Trends, and Transformation: The Evolving Maritime Security Architecture and Implications for the Indo-Pacific; Lawrence Prabhakar Williams Chapter 2. Analysis of Legal Warfare and Corresponding Actions in the South China Sea; Ruei-Lin Yu Chapter 3. Clash of interests between China and the United States along the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road; Judit Szilágyi Chapter 4.The Romance of Three Economic Blocs: EU-China Economic Relations Evolving in an Era of Uncertainty; To-hai Liou Part 2: Responses by individual countries/regions Chapter 5. Europe-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A Balancing Act vis-à-vis China’s Belt and Road Initiative?; Mor Sobol Chapter 6. China’s Central Asian Nexus and the New Silk Road Project: Comparing the Cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Pal Gyene Chapter 7. The Sino-American Geopolitics and Geo-economics from Taiwan to Sri Lanka and Beyond; Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang Chapter 8. ASEAN’s Perspective on The Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy; Hank Lim Chapter 9. Philippine National Security Interests and Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and US Indo-Pacific Strategy; Rommel BanlaoiPart 3: Competition in the Digital Domain Chapter 10. Great Power Politics on information and communications technology: between the United States Blue Dot Network and China’s Belt and Road Initiative; Hon-min Yau Chapter 11. The Fight for Economic and Digital Supremacy in the New Bipolar World Order: The EU’s Response to Global Challenges; Teodora Wiesenmayer Chapter 12. Assessing the Economic and Political Success of the Digital Silk Road throughout the Indo-Pacific Region; Tobias Burgers

Dean Karalekas, Ph.D., is a research fellow affiliated with the Centre for Austronesian Studies at the University of Central Lancashire in Preston, UK.Fu-Kuo Liu, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow at the Institute of International Relations and Professor in the International Doctoral Program in Asia Pacific Studies (IDAS), College of Social Sciences, National Chengchi University.Csaba Moldicz, Ph.D., is Associate Professor at the Department of International Relations, Faculty of International Business and Management, Budapest Business School, Hungary.

• Part 1: Perspectives on the Competing BRI-FOIP Strategies Chapter 1. Geopolitical Templates, Trends, and Transformation: The Evolving Maritime Security Architecture and Implications for the Indo-Pacific; Lawrence Prabhakar Williams Chapter 2. Analysis of Legal Warfare and Corresponding Actions in the South China Sea; Ruei-Lin Yu Chapter 3. Clash of interests between China and the United States along the development of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road; Judit Szilágyi Chapter 4.The Romance of Three Economic Blocs: EU-China Economic Relations Evolving in an Era of Uncertainty; To-hai Liou Part 2: Responses by individual countries/regions Chapter 5. Europe-Asia Connectivity Strategy: A Balancing Act vis-à-vis China’s Belt and Road Initiative?; Mor Sobol Chapter 6. China’s Central Asian Nexus and the New Silk Road Project: Comparing the Cases of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan; Pal Gyene Chapter 7. The Sino-American Geopolitics and Geo-economics from Taiwan to Sri Lanka and Beyond; Patrick Mendis and Joey Wang Chapter 8. ASEAN’s Perspective on The Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy; Hank Lim Chapter 9. Philippine National Security Interests and Responses to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and US Indo-Pacific Strategy; Rommel BanlaoiPart 3: Competition in the Digital Domain Chapter 10. Great Power Politics on information and communications technology: between the United States Blue Dot Network and China’s Belt and Road Initiative; Hon-min Yau Chapter 11. The Fight for Economic and Digital Supremacy in the New Bipolar World Order: The EU’s Response to Global Challenges; Teodora Wiesenmayer Chapter 12. Assessing the Economic and Political Success of the Digital Silk Road throughout the Indo-Pacific Region; Tobias Burgers