Economist

Richard Iley

Macroeconomics

<div class="content-highlight"><p><strong>China and India's jockeying for position and strategic influence across the Pacific Ocean can be seen as a new '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game" target="_blank">Great Game' </a>for the 21st century as both countries participate in an accelerating 'base race' to secure access to ports and develop naval bases. The quickening tempo of recent developments and initiatives signals that the critical 'middle game' has now been reached.</strong></p></div><p>The unfolding political crisis in the Maldives poses a uncomfortable strategic dilemma for India with a failure to act…</p>

China and India's jockeying for position and strategic influence across the Pacific Ocean can be seen as a new 'Great Game' for the 21st century as both countries participate in an accelerating 'base race' to secure access to ports and develop naval bases. The quickening tempo of recent developments and initiatives signals that the critical 'middle game' has now been reached.The unfolding political crisis in the Maldives poses a uncomfortable strategic dilemma for India with a failure to act…

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