Webinar recording available: Silk Cage Series – Webinar I: From Corridors to Control: China’s Long Shadow in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region

February 18, 2026: The recording of the webinar “Silk Cage Series – Webinar I: From Corridors to Control: China’s Long Shadow in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region” is now available on ISDP’s YouTube channel.

This first webinar of the ‘Silk Cage Series’ situates South Asia and the Indian Ocean within China’s evolving strategic architecture. Moving beyond binaries of cooperation versus coercion, it examines how development, security, and narrative frameworks interact, and how China’s long shadow may shape the future order of the South Asian–Indian Ocean space. 

Find out more about the event here.

Don’t miss the second webinar in the series on February 19: Silk Cage Series – Webinar II: Corridor, Client, or Catalyst? CPEC and Beijing’s Strategic Leverage from Pakistan to the Indian Ocean

The third webinar in the series will take place on March 5: Silk Cage Series – Webinar III: Corridors, Coasts, and Contestation: China’s Influence Operations in the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM Space