China’s Footprints in Maldives: Concern for India?

China’s Footprints in Maldives: Concern for India?

China-Maldives relations

Politics

Military

Tourism

China has, in the recent decades, has consolidated its interests in the South Asian region. This change in China’s foreign policy, from a focus on the North-East and South-East Asia, hints at an attempt to sustain China’s own peaceful rise. India, on the other hand, has emphasised on a ‘Look East’ foreign policy in the recent times. Both India and China share an important diplomatic relationship with Maldives. However, China’s growing influence in Maldives might be a serious strategic concern to India. This article is an exploratory study of the relationship that China shares with Maldives and its implications to India.

Kumar S Y , Surendra

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 15 No. 4 (2016): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 15-29

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0975-329X

Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

2021-10-01

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0

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