Informs us about and analyze the geopolitical and military-security changes underway in the Indian Ocean and surrounding regions as a result of China's MSRIDetails and evaluates China's political and economic linkages with key MSRI participants such as Pakistan and Sri LankaProbes the MSRI's potential economic implications in South Asia and specifically in regards to India

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Jean-Marc F. Blanchard, is Distinguished Professor, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University, China. He is Executive Director of the Mr. & Mrs. S.H. Wong Center for the Study of Multinational Corporations, USA. He has authored, co-authored, or co-edited more than half a dozen books/special academic journal issues and nearly 50 book chapters and journal articles on topics relating to China and the World Trade Organization (WTO), Chinese foreign economic policy, foreign investment in China, Chinese outward investment, and China's sovereign wealth fund.

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1. China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative and South Asia: Political and Economic Contours, Challenges, and Conundrum.- 2. China's Rise and the Eurasian Transportation Revolution.- 3. The MSRI and the Evolving Naval Balance in the Indian Ocean.- 4. China's Strategy towards South Asia in the Context of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative.- 5. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and the China-India-Pakistan Triangle.- 6. Sri Lanka, the Maritime Silk Road, and Sino-Indian Relations.- 7. The Maritime Silk Road and China-Maldives Relations.- 8. The MSRI, China, and India: Economic Perspectives and Political Impressions.