Realigning India’s Vietnam Policy Through Cooperative Sustainable Development: a Geostrategic Counterbalancing to China in Indo-Pacific

Aswani, R S; Sajith, Shambhu; Bhat, Mohammad Younus

doi:10.1007/s12140-021-09371-0

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“…The Maldives has also arranged a port lease with China, as part of China's "two-ocean" strategy. China's "String of Pearls" strategy has created a security imbalance in the Indian Ocean region, increasing the risk of political instability and potential government collapse (Aswani RS, 2022). A new government could be vulnerable to China's influence.…”

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India's Regional Security and Defense Cooperation: A Study of Sino-Indian Rivalry In Sri Lanka

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The Sino-Indian rivalry in Sri Lanka's economic turmoil has significant implications for regional security and India's defense cooperation. Following President Xi's announcement of China's grand strategy, the Belt and Road Initiative, in 2013, China has utilized its infrastructure investment as a typical example of its implementation of soft power diplomacy on a global dimension. This has raised concerns about China's geopolitical ambitions in the Indian Ocean and the potential security threat it poses to India. Using qualitative research methods, this paper analyzes the geo-strategic importance of Sri Lanka in China's ambitions and the political strategies behind economic crises in South Asian countries. The paper evaluates the impact of China's debt-trap diplomacy on India's national security and defense cooperation with Sri Lanka. The findings suggest that Sri Lanka's economic instability has provided China with an opportunity to encircle and contain India in the region, and that India needs to take proactive steps to mitigate this threat. Overall, the paper highlights the importance of understanding the Sino-Indian rivalry in Sri Lanka's economic turmoil for regional security and India's defense cooperation.

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India's Regional Security and Defense Cooperation: A Study of Sino-Indian Rivalry In Sri Lanka

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“…In the regional and multilateral cooperation strategy, Vietnam has always been a key pillar of India's Act East Policy and an important partner in the Indo-Pacific Vision (Pranay Verma, 2020). In addition, India is guided to seek opportunities to confront China in its periphery, and Vietnam, which is distressed due to China's dominant position in the South China Sea, is a suitable ally (Aswani et al, 2021). If Vietnam can make proper use of its own advantages, it will play a much higher role in the emerging geopolitical and geo-economic equations in the Indo-Pacific.…”

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Vietnam’s Perception and Response to the Emerging Indo-Pacific Regional Security Architecture

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With the rising of the two emerging great power - China and India, the "Indo-Pacific" has already possessed the fundamental conditions of the regional security complex, while the United States as the hegemonic state intervenes in security affairs which takes advantage of characteristics of the identity structure and power structure of regional security complexes by penetration mechanism. Buzan's theory has shown us the contour of the emerging security architecture in the Indo-Pacific region. After applying the regional security complex theory to analyze the security of the region, this article analyzes Vietnam’s perception and response to the emerging Indo-Pacific security architecture. The article points out that the perception of regional security structure expressed through foreign policy adjustment can be basically divided into two layers: regional and extra-regional. In which the regional layer with the focus on ASEAN; and the extra-regional is ASEAN-centered multilateral groups. Since then, Vietnam has tried to incorporate its foreign policy calculations into the multilateral and multi-dimensional Indo-Pacific agenda. Vietnam's response manifests itself mainly in strengthening economic and trade cooperation with China, deepening security cooperation with the US and its network of allies, and with the help of the power of ASEAN to restrain the US and China. In addition, with its favorable geographical position and strong rise in recent years, Vietnam expects India to become an indispensable "security supplier" and an indispensable "balancing force" in Indo-Pacific regional security architecture.

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“…These studies show the geostrategic significance of the SCS region and point towards a possibility of cooperative sustainable development facilitated through its careful study. 22…”

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“…The impact of geopolitics on the development of offshore wind energy will be significant, considering location, the role of the blue economy, the environmental impacts, and maritime terrorism in the region. 22 China is currently the largest emitter of GHGs, accounting for 30% of the world's CO2 emissions, 65 and also the second-largest economy, showing that the failure or success of the cooperation for climate change depends on China. Most of the climate talks are centered on urban China, especially Beijing.…”

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“…Based on the institutional balancing theory, previous research suggests Southeast Asia countries develop counterbalancing strategies with China. 22 The rise of China has different balancing orders, such as US-led bilateralism, and China's multilateralism; the states in the region coexist with deepening economic interdependence, ruling out the possibility of any dispute escalating into a war. 26 One of the major impediments in achieving energy security in the SCS is the lack of the possibility of regional cooperation in the region and the security dilemma that grows with China's increasing ambitions in the SCS.…”

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Can offshore wind energy lead to a sustainable and secure South China Sea?

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This study aims to determine the potential for improving regional cooperation and clean energy generation in the South China Sea (SCS) through Offshore Wind Energy (OWE). The literature review depicts the broad relationship between renewable energy and regional cooperation. The study identifies three variables-great game of geopolitics, geo-economics, and NEO politics- to arrive at a concept of wind-blindness. It refers to the attempt (of the countries involved) to downplay the existing wind resources and avert attention from them to safeguard the region's strategic military importance, existing trade routes, and rich availability of marine resources. Addressing these concerns could strengthen cooperation between the claimant states for technology, knowledge, and practice sharing, to ensure a sustainable South China Sea region. China's investments in OWE in the South China Sea have the potential to meet the Sustainable Development Goals” target of cleaner, accessible, and affordable energy. Finally, the paper suggests that renewable energy development in the region can reduce the maritime transport of fossil fuels, reducing the carbon footprint.

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Realigning India’s Vietnam Policy Through Cooperative Sustainable Development: a Geostrategic Counterbalancing to China in Indo-Pacific

Cited by 11 publications

References 61 publications

India's Regional Security and Defense Cooperation: A Study of Sino-Indian Rivalry In Sri Lanka

India's Regional Security and Defense Cooperation: A Study of Sino-Indian Rivalry In Sri Lanka

Vietnam’s Perception and Response to the Emerging Indo-Pacific Regional Security Architecture

Can offshore wind energy lead to a sustainable and secure South China Sea?

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