India in a Balanced Position in spite of China’s CMEC in Myanmar

Abstract

China under its flagship programme of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is increasing its presence and activities in India’s peripheries undermining India’s position. Programmes like China Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) and China Pakistan Economic Corridor are developed neglecting India’s concern arose from it. The developments of CMEC, side-lining the previous economic corridor (BCIMEC) in which India is also participating, create more concern for India. India also has some internal issues in its eastern parts that are bordering Myanmar. While China’s newly released white paper talks about protecting its economic interest outside its territory, a notion that can be translated to ‘placing’ of its military in India’s peripheries. This paper will try to give reasons why India is still in a well-set position even with the recent development of CMEC between China and Myanmar.

Keywords

• cmec
• bri
• geopolitics
• china
• india
• myanmar