This book explores the struggle between China and the United States to expand their influence in Asia through economic assistance and defensive alliances. It brings together the diverse viewpoints of scholars from various countries on how Asian countries will exploit this geo-strategic competition to pursue their national interests, while also balancing their relations with the two great powers. The book offers a valuable asset for all those who have an interest in great power politics and international relations, especially academics, policymakers and security experts.

Pramod Jaiswal, Ph.D., is Research Director at Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE), Kathmandu. He is Faculty at Department of International Relations and Diplomacy and Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University; Visiting Faculty at Pokhara University, Army Staff and Command College and Kathmandu University. He is also associated with Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi) as Senior Fellow and Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories (USA) as Visiting Fellow. He has previously worked at Fudan University (Shanghai), Tongji University (Shanghai), China Foreign Affairs University (Beijing), Qinghai University of Nationalities (Xining) and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (New Delhi).
Deepak Prakash Bhatt, Ph.D., is Founding Chairperson of Nepal Center for Security Governance (NCSG). He served as a member of the Technical Committee and Secretariat of the Special Committee for Supervision, Integration and Rehabilitation of Maoist Army Combatants from March 2009 to December 2012. He holds Ph.D. from School of International Studies, JNU, and is Faculty at the Masters in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD), Department of Conflict, Peace and Development Studies (DCPDS) and Institute of Crisis Management Studies (ICMS), Tribhuvan University, and Visiting Professor, Armed Police Force Command and Staff College, Kathmandu, Nepalese Army Higher Command and Management Course, Nagarkot and Nepalese Army Command and Staff College (ACSC), Shivapuri, Kathmandu.

Rebalancing Asia: Belt and Road Initiative and Indo-Pacific Strategy.- Japans Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision  In Pursuing a Valid and Substantive Initiative.- Chinas Geopolitical, Geo-economic and Geostrategic gameplay in the Indian Ocean Region.- Connectivity, Cooperation, and Collaboration:  China-South Asia Partnerships under the Scientific Belt&Road Initiative.- Spatial Conquest by Other Means: Assessing the Geopolitical Impact of Chinas Belt and Road Initiative.- Europe and the US-China confrontation in the Indo-Pacific.- Opportunities for new trend of labour mobility from Vietnam as a result of Doi Moi, ASEAN Connectivity and One Belt, One Road Initiative.- BRI and the Indo-Pacific: Narratives of Traders and Warriors on the Silk Road.- CPEC: The Buckle in Chinas BRI.- Chinas Belt and Road Initiative and its Concerns for India.