DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2020.v08i01.005

Pages: 26-29

China‟s gradually assertive naval stance in the Indian Ocean does not seem to be dwindling. Further, China endures to develop its own locus in the region through its highly funded “One Belt, One Road strategy” which pursues to revive the old trade routes with Beijing at the center of the trade. Likewise, China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) exemplifies Beijing longings for connectivity with other regions and its exertions to make convinced that its economy stays the course by expanding energy import corridors. It is a reply to the United States Asia pivot and its rising support for India. The present study emphasize that this immersion of external actors and the competition between the internal powers has formed the strategies and policies of international political settings concerning CPEC.