Annual Report on the Development of the Indian Ocean Region (2019) Assessment of Indian Ocean International Environment

This book focuses on assessing China’s international environment in the Indian Ocean including political, economic and secure environments through examining the characteristics of the international environment in the Indian Ocean. It figures out that there are four new changes and characteristics from the perspective of the current international environment in the Indian Ocean. Firstly, the turmoil in the security situation in the Indian Ocean has not been eased, but also showed signs of deterioration. Secondly, the strategic competition of the major powers in the Indian Ocean region has been exacerbated. Thirdly, the USA will remain the largest contributing variable in the international environment of the Indian Ocean in the future. Fourthly, India, a biggest country in the region, is becoming a major variable affecting the international environmental change in the Indian Ocean. This book also presents a picture of how the changes of great powers’ geo-strategic competition in the Indian Ocean affect the development of China’s BRI and believes that the Indian Ocean order will be gradually transforming from the American hegemony to the emergence of jointly governance including USA, China and India.

Chapter 1. International Environmental Change in the Indian Ocean Region and China’s Stragetic Choices.- Chapter 2. Stragetic Thinking on China’s Response to the US New Indo-Pacific Concept.- Chapter 3. Indian Ocean Security Environmental Assessment.- Chapter 4. India’s Approach to Security Challenge in the Indian Ocean Region.- Chapter 5. International Institutions in Indian Ocean Region and Its Influence on Belt and Road Initiative.- Chapter 6. Regional Economic Integration and Economic Cooperation Mechanism in the Indian Ocean Region.- Chapter 7. Sustainability Assessment of Economic and Trade Development in Indian Ocean Island States.- Chapter 8. International Security Environment Assessment of China Myanmar Economic Corridor under the Policy Adjustment of indo-Pacific Stragetic Countries.- Chapter 9. The Geo-environment and Geo-risks in the Indian Ocean Region.- Chapter 10. The New Development of Australia’s Indian Ocean Strategy. 

Dr. Zhu Cuiping is Professor and Director of Research Institute for Indian Ocean Economies (RIIO), Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (YUFE), Kunming, China. She is Editor-in-Chief of INDIAN OCEAN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL REVIEW and Editor-in-Chief of ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION.

In recent years, Prof. Zhu Cuiping focuses on the studies of Indian Ocean issues, South Asia and Sino-Indian Relations. 

She published three books named “India’s Ocean: Can China and India Co-exist?” (English, Springer Press, 2018), “Indian Ocean and China (Social Sciences Academic Press, 2014)” and “Institutional Analysis on Economic Growth” (Economic Science Press, 2010) as well as one translation book named “Modi’s World—Expanding India’s Sphere of Influence” written by C. Raja Mohan (2016). She has also written extensively on Indian Ocean Region such as The Trump Administration’sIndo-Pacific Strategy and its Impact on China (2018), OBOR and South Asia (2017), The South Asian Strategy’ Correlation and its Influence between China and US (2016), India’s Foreign Policy towards China (2015), Indian Ocean and the Sino-Indian “Cooperative Dilemma” (2014), Maritime Strategy of the United States and India (2013), Indian Ocean Strategy (2012), Sino-Indian Relations (2012), India’s Enterprise Investment and Policy (2011) and China and Myanmar Relations (2012).