| ID | 128631 |
| Title Proper | Is China's strategy of 'Weiqi with pearls' piercing India's 'iron curtain' in the IOR? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rai, Ranjit B |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | As the fulcrum of economic growth tilts towards the dynamic eastern economies in the 21st century, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has assumed strategic importance. China is making inroads in to the IOR island states with tis weiqi strategy to safeguard and further its interest with its realpolitik of the string of pearls. The author is Vise President of the Indian Maritime foundation and a former DNI and DNO at NHQ as well as author of A Nation and its Navy at War |
| `In' analytical Note | Naval Review Vol.101, No.2; May 2013: p.143-147 |
| Journal Source | Naval Review Vol.101, No.2; May 2013: p.143-147 |
| Key Words | Indian Ocean Region - IOR ; India ; China ; Indian Maritime Foundation - IMF ; China's Strategy ; Counterinsurgency ; Chinese Threat ; Strategic Importance ; Weiqi Strategy ; Indo- China Relations ; Bilateral Relations ; Naval Security ; Naval Strategy ; Maritime Security ; Maritime Strategy ; Naval War |