China's Strategic Advancement in Southeast Asia: Trade, Diplomacy and Connectivity

India's Recent Infrastructure Development Initiatives: A Comparative Analysis of South and Southeast Asia

“…Or, looking at the scenario from the other side of the prism, could it be concluded that India is investing more in the infrastructural initiatives in Southeast Asia because trade in SAFTA is in any case constrained by political factors? Alternatively, is it being motivated to do so by the growing Chinese presence (both commercial and infrastructure-oriented) in the countries surrounding Indian Territory (Bhattacharyya, 2010)? It seems all these factors contribute in shaping the recent Indian actions, and the relative strengths of each one of them would be clearly discernible only in the coming future.…”