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WHY INDIA ABSTAINED FROM THE FIRST ‘ONE BELT ONE ROAD’ (OBOR) SUMMIT?
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Author(s):
JAMINI BURAGOHAIN
Vol - 8, Issue- 6 ,
Page(s) : 101 - 111
(2017 )
DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMSH
Abstract
India’s abstinence from the OBOR Summit in Beijing should not be premised only on India’s objection to the construction of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), but the strategic implication OBOR and its projects in the region would have for the region. This paper argues that: a) Chinese deeper involvement with states within the Indian neighbourhood, and b) the strategic implications of the OBOR projects, brings to live India’s apprehensions of a Chinese ‘concirclement’ as was postulated by the ‘string of pearls’ strategy.
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