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Examine the geopolitical implications of China’s infrastructure expansion in South Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), with special reference to India’s territorial and strategic concerns.

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  • Political Aspects

China’s infrastructure expansion in South Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) represents the most extensive exercise in geopolitical encirclement and geoeconomic penetration in modern Asian history. Viewed through the lens of Nicholas Spykman’s Rimland Theory, China’s dual-pronged continental and maritime push seeks to dominate the Eurasian coastal periphery, breaking out of its Pacific…

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  • 1. Spatial Structure: The Dual-Axis Encirclement Architecture
  • 2. Major Dimensions of India's Territorial and Strategic Concerns
  • A. Territorial Sovereignty Violation: The CPEC Imperative
  • B. The Malacca Bypass and Encirclement in the Bay of Bengal
  • C. Maritime Entrenchment: Dual-Use Infrastructure and Submarine Surveillance
  • 3. Geoeconomic Dimensions: The Sovereign Debt Dilemma
  • …and 2 more sections, with a conclusion

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