| ID | 186599 |
| Title Proper | Realigning India’s Vietnam Policy Through Cooperative Sustainable Development |
| Other Title Information | a Geostrategic Counterbalancing to China in Indo-Pacific |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | R. S. Aswani ; Aswani, R. S. ; Bhat, Mohammad Younus ; Sajith, Shambhu |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Vietnam is a key player in India’s Act East Policy and is distressed due to China’s overarching position in the South China Sea. China’s expanding infrastructural investments in India’s periphery have led to a regional security dilemma in Indian Ocean Region. India is steered to pursue opportunities to counter China in the latter’s periphery, to which Vietnam fits as an apt ally. Hence, this paper examines the heightened need for realigning India’s Vietnam policy in line with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and explains how bilateral cooperation through sustainable trade, renewable energy production, and green investments can offer a “counter” to Chinese expansion in Indo-Pacific and its Belt and Road Initiative. This paper uses the theoretical framework of Balance of Power to enumerate how geostrategic policy decisions in India-Vietnam bilateral relations can create a “counterbalance” to the Chinese investments in India’s neighborhood, especially in Pakistan. |
| `In' analytical Note | East Asia: An International Quarterly Vol. 39, No.2; Jun 2022: p.97–115 |
| Journal Source | East Asia: An International Quarterly Vol: 39 No 2 |
| Key Words | Act East Policy ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Counterbalancing ; Vietnam Policy ; Indo-Pacifc |