This book explores the struggle between China and the United States to expand their influence in Asia through economic assistance and defensive alliances. It brings together the diverse viewpoints of scholars from various countries on how Asian countries will exploit this geo-strategic competition to pursue their national interests, while also balancing their relations with the two great powers. The book offers a valuable asset for all those who have an interest in great power politics and international relations, especially academics, policymakers and security experts.

Pramod Jaiswal, Ph.D., is Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE), Kathmandu. He is Faculty at Department of International Relations and Diplomacy and Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University; Visiting Faculty at Pokhara University, Army Staff and Command College and Kathmandu University. He is also associated with Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi) as Senior Fellow and Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories (USA) as Visiting Fellow. He has previously worked at Fudan University (Shanghai), Tongji University (Shanghai), China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing), Qinghai University of Nationalities (Xining) and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (New Delhi).
Deepak Prakash Bhatt, Ph.D., is Founding Chairperson of Nepal Center for Security Governance (NCSG). He served as a member of the Technical Committee and Secretariat of the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist Army Combatants from March 2009 to December 2012. He holds Ph.D. from School of International Studies, JNU, and is Faculty at the Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD), Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS) and Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS), Tribhuvan University, and Visiting Professor, Armed Police Force Command and Staff College, Kathmandu, Nepalese Army Higher Command and Management Course, Nagarkot and Nepalese Army Command and Staff College (ACSC), Shivapuri, Kathmandu.

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Pramod Jaiswal, Ph.D., is Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE), Kathmandu. He is Faculty at Department of International Relations and Diplomacy and Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University; Visiting Faculty at Pokhara University, Army Staff and Command College and Kathmandu University. He is also associated with Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi) as Senior Fellow and Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories (USA) as Visiting Fellow. He has previously worked at Fudan University (Shanghai), Tongji University (Shanghai), China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing), Qinghai University of Nationalities (Xining) and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (New Delhi).
Deepak Prakash Bhatt, Ph.D., is Founding Chairperson of Nepal Center for Security Governance (NCSG). He served as a member of the Technical Committee and Secretariat of the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist Army Combatants from March 2009 to December 2012. He holds Ph.D. from School of International Studies, JNU, and is Faculty at the Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD), Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS) and Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS), Tribhuvan University, and Visiting Professor, Armed Police Force Command and Staff College, Kathmandu, Nepalese Army Higher Command and Management Course, Nagarkot and Nepalese Army Command and Staff College (ACSC), Shivapuri, Kathmandu.

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1. Rebalancing Asia: Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy
2. Japan's Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision In Pursuing a Valid and Substantive Initiative

3. Spatial Conquest by Other Means: Assessing the Geopolitical Impact of China's Belt and Road Initiative

4. CPEC: The Buckle in China's BRI

5. China's Belt and Road Initiative and its Concerns for India

6. Connectivity, Cooperation, and Collaboration: China-South Asia Partnerships under the Scientific Belt &Road Initiative

7. Opportunities for new trend of labour mobility from Vietnam as a result of Doi Moi, ASEAN Connectivity and One Belt, One Road Initiative

8. China's Geopolitical, Geo-economic and Geostrategic gameplay in the Indian Ocean Region

9. China and the BRI: Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asia

10. Sitting on the Fence? Australia's Balancing of the Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy in the new Multipolar World System

11. Belt and Road Initiative Vs. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Increasing US-China Strategic Distrust

12. China's Maritime Ambition in South Asia vis-à-vis Bangladesh: A Concern for India?

13. India's China Policy in the 'Indo-Pacific': A Balancing Act

14. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and Indo-Pacific Strategy (IPS): Challenges and Opportunities for Sri Lanka

15. China's Belt and Road: Is it a Game Changer?

16. The US and the Indo-Pacific: Trump's Policy Towards the Region

17. A Real Conundrum for ASEAN: How to Cope with America and China?