China's Maritime Silk Road and Asia - Paperback

by Vijay Sakhuja (Editor), Jane Chan (Editor)

The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (MSR) can be considered as the most significant strategic outreach by China. This book examines the broader strategic threads that are at play in this grand and ambitious trans-regional initiative unveiled by China.

Author Biography

Dr Vijay Sakhuja is Director, National Maritime Foundation (NMF). He is also a visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore and before joining NMF, he was Director (Research) at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi. Ms Jane Chan is a Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Her main research interests include maritime security issues in Southeast Asia, law and order at sea, regional maritime cooperation and confidence-building measures.