Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2017) The Belt and Road Initiative and South Asia

The report was written by senior scholars of international studies and Indian Ocean studies and focuses on international relations in the Indian Ocean region and covers many aspects of OBOR policy and South Asia. The report includes both a strategic review and major events, as well as related data in this region. This book also includes the origin, the aims, frameworks, the regional and global impact of India’s new development under the Modi administration. The book includes the authors from 5 different institutes in China which provide readers with a full and authentic picture of India’s most recent development.   This year’s Annual Report is the fourth of this kind and the only one which covers exclusively the Indian Ocean region in China.

Chapter1  The South Asian Direction of “OBOR” Strategy: Geopolitical Pattern, Indian Difficulties and Breakthrough Path .- Chapter2   Modi's Attitude toward China, "Problem Diplomacy" and the Prospect of India's Participation in the "OBOR" Initiative.- Chapter3.Making Himalayan Interconnected, Connecting the “OBOR” Initiative Reflections on the Construction of the Economic Corridor among China, Nepal and India.- Chapter4.The Present Situation and Development Trend of the "OBOR" Strategic Initiative .- Chapter5.The Security System in South Asia and Its Impacts on OBOR.- Chapter6.AnAnalysisontheGeopoliticalPatternandRegionalSituationinSouthAsia.- Chapter7. Opportunities and Challenges in Current Sino-Pakistan Economic and Trade Relations.- Chapter8.Sino-Bangladeshi Cooperation under Perspective of the “OBOR”: Demand, Willingness and Room.- Chapter9.TheRemodeling of Sino-Sri Lanka's Economic Relations under the Framework of "21st Century Maritime Silk Road "Initiative.- Chapter10.Myanmar'sSituation under NLD Governance and China-Myanmar OBOR Construction.