Report of the Silk Cage Series Webinar-III: “Corridors, Coasts, and Contestation: China’s Influence Operations in the Bay of Bengal and the BCIM Space”
Jessica C. Liao, J Mohan Malik, Sanjay Pulipaka, Shahab E. Khan, Su Myat Thwe, Sevil Khikmatova, Anne Weiler and Jagannath Panda
This webinar report, the third in the Silk Cage Series, examined how China utilized the Bay of Bengal and the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) space to operationalize influence across South Asia and the northeastern Indian Ocean. As part of the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) project, “The Silk Noose: China’s Power Architecture in South Asia and the Indian Ocean Region,” the discussion moved beyond infrastructure to explore how corridors and coasts functioned as strategic tools for reshaping regional order and autonomy. The entire webinar is available on YouTube. Read and download the entire report here.
