Maritime silk road in the indian ocean: Perspectives and challenges for india

The article reflects the growing role of the Indian Ocean region as a new center of strategies intersection and the global actors` i. e. China and India interests` collision in the framework of the new conjuncture of international relations and new global challenges of multipolarity. In this regard, the study focuses on the national strategies of India and China in the struggle for interests in the Indian Ocean. The authors attempt to highlight the challenges to the interests of actors in the region and to predict future trends in relations between China and India. © 2020, Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk, Institut Istorii (Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of General Hist. All rights reserved.