Two major transformations defined the global geopolitics over the last decade guided by the relative decline in US influence-announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the resurgence of the Indo-Pacific as a sphere of traditional Indian influence. While China promptly used money, technology and institutions like the AIIB to gain influence amongst various countries across the globe, India as a ‘Vishwa Guru’ crafted its own role as an undeniable leader and partner under the paradigm of the Indo-Pacific. This volume is a preliminary effort in the direction of assessing how the world reacted to these profoundly momentous—binary yet complimentary trajectories, that will phenomenally continue to dictate and shape the future of the 21st century. Towards this objective this book looks at some case studies of the BRI as well as draws parallels from history through a study of traditional Indian and Chinese strategic thought.