MARITIME SILK ROAD AND CHINA’S EVOLVING GRAND STRATEGY FOR ASIA-PACIFIC

Abstract

This article specifically explains China’s Grand Strategy in Asia-Pacific. Firstly, it explains the importance of Asia-Pacific and then explains China’s Grand Strategy for Asia-Pacific in detail. This paper summing up the findings of PhD thesis ‘China’s Grand Strategy and Reshaping the Regional Order: A Case Study of Asia-Pacific’ argues that China has a clear and coherent Grand Strategy for the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to that, it analyses the basic components of Chinese Grand Strategy and identifies the way China is utilizing its economic, political, diplomatic, and security means to secure its interests in the Asia-Pacific region and to maintain the regional order.