Indian Response to Chinese String of Pearls Doctrine

Ijaz Khalid, Shaukat and Azka Gul
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Ijaz Khalid: PhD Scholar, Department of Political Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
Shaukat: Lecturer,Department of Political Science,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
Azka Gul: Research Scholar, Department of International Relations,COMSATS, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Global Political Review, 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 27-35

Abstract: The paper explores the origin and analysis of the so-called Beijings String of Pearls doctrine that refers to the Strait of Malacca, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Maldives, the Strait of Hormuz, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and IOR. The paper further elaborated on the Indian response to the Chinese String of Pearls Doctrine by countering through Indian Act East Policy, investing in the Iranian Chabahar port and by developing Indo-Pacific alliance with Japan and the USA. This piece of the paper concluded that the Chinese investment in all these ports, islands and chokepoints are a counter strategy to the Malacca Dilemma and to ensure the Beijing Sea lanes of Communication. The study found that the Chinese never used or declared a policy statement about the String of Pearl policy and originally it was coined by the U.S. consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton and got popularity with publication in Energy Futures in Asia.

Keywords: String of Pearls; China; India; Pakistan; Indian Ocean Region; CPEC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.31703/gpr.2017(II-I).03

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