Baker McKenzie, Belt & Road: Opportunity & Risk The prospects and perils of building China’s New Silk Road, Silk Road Associates, 2018.
Basrur, Rajesh and others, India-China Maritime Competition: The Security Dilemma at Sea, New York: Routledge, 2019
Brunner, Hans-Peter (August 2013). "What is Economic Corridor Development and What Can It Achieve in Asia's Subregions?" ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration.
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Garofano, John and Dew, Andrea J., Deep Currents and Rising Tides: The Indian Ocean and International Security, Washington: Georgetown University Press, 2013
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Op-ed and Media Outlet Analyses
Brewster, David (2010). “The Australia-India Security Declaration: The Quadrilateral Redux?”
"Confluence of the Two Seas" Speech by H.E.Mr. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan at the Parliament of the Republic of India". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan. 22 August 2007
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Editorial: "China left out in India-Japan pact". The Business Times Singapore, 28 October 2008.
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"China builds up strategic sea lanes", The Washington Times, Washington, 17 January 2005.
Nicholson, Brendan. "China warns Canberra on security pact". The Age, 15 June 2007.
Gordon, Josh, "Diabolical dilemmas in PM’s China high-wire act". Sunday Age, 5 April 2009.
Wyeth, Grant. "Why Has Australia Shifted Back to the Quad?". The Diplomat.
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"PM says India not part of “so called contain China” effort" The Hindu, 11 January 2008.
"China's growing empire of ports abroad is mainly about trade, not aggression". The Economist. 8 June 2013.
Blasko, Dennis J. and M. Taylor Fravel. "'Much Ado About The Sansha Garrison.", The Diplomat, 23 August 2012.
David Brewster. "Beyond the String of Pearls: Is there really a Security Dilemma in the Indian Ocean?"
Kotani, Tetsuo. "'Why China Wants South China Sea.", The Diplomat, 18 July 2011.
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Kostecka, Daniel. "Hambantota, Chittagong, and the Maldives – Unlikely Pearls for the Chinese Navy", China Brief, 19 November 2010.
Vines, Alex. 2012. "Piracy, not China, is the real issue in the Indian Ocean: Mesmerised by Chinese string of pearls theory", The World Today, 33–34.
Devonshire-Ellis, Chris and Sondre Ulvund Solstad. "China–The Great Infrastructure Developer", China Briefing, 27 March 2013.
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"Here Is All You Should Know About 'String Of Pearls', China's Policy To Encircle India". Indiatimes.com. 22 June 2017.
Lintner, Bertil (15 April 2019). The Costliest Pearl: China's Struggle for India's Ocean. Oxford University Press.
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Shrivastava, Sanskar (1 June 2013). "Indian String of Pearls "Unstringing" Chinese String of Pearls Theory". The World Reporter.
Peerzada, Ashiq. "China has established its presence across PoK". The Hindu.
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"India raises objections over China-Pakistan Economic Corridor". The Tribune (Pakistan). 12 May 2015.
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Abhijit Singh, “India: Maritime Strategy and ‘Brand-Building,’” Diplomat, 24 December 2015.
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Published Governmental Documents
Directorate of Strategy, Concepts and Transformation, Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy, Naval Strategic Publication (NSP) 1.2, (New Delhi: Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of Defense (Navy), 2015).
White House article on U.S.-India Joint Strategic Vision, https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/25/us-india-joint-strategic-vision-asia- pacific-and-indian-ocean-region.