A Study on Maritime Silk Road and the India and China Puzzle

Are the dynamics of the maritime relationship between India and China reaching “a new phase of power politics and the balance of power?” Over the last several years, India and China have concentrated a significant amount of their policy emphasis on “the South China Sea area and the Indian Ocean region (IOR).” Both geographically close nations are implementing novel approaches and expanding their spheres of influence in these strategically nearby areas. However, what is more noteworthy is howaging in power-balancing strategies that are cooperative and competitive about the two areas and regions. These two maritime zones are crucial to the energy security and economic survival of both nations, according to their stated policy wording. The strategic value of these maritime zones for China and India rests in the fact that they provide the two nations full control over their domestic politics and energy diplomacy inside Asia and beyond. This paper examines the developing aspects of the maritime complexity between India and China within the context of competitive and cooperating domains that have grown far-reaching and multipolar. It analyses the rising complexity of India-China interactions in both “the South China Sea area and the Indian Ocean area (IOR), and it contextualizes how the complexities in both of these places are related to India-China relations.”