<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>ejsss</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES</JournalTitle> <PISSN/> <EISSN/> <Volume-Issue>Volume 4 Issue 2</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>August-September 2023</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>2023</Year> <Month>10</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Strategic Studies</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>China__ampersandsign#39;s Military in the Indo-Pacific Region: Security Implications for India and Its Strategic Partners</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>113</FirstPage> <LastPage>127</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Thangavel K</FirstName> <LastName>Balasubramaniam</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI>10.47362/EJSSS.2023.4203</DOI> <Abstract>This article studies China’s Coercive Military Clandestine in the Indo-Pacific Region, which is China’s covert and overt actions in terms of its strategies and offensive- Missile and Naval capabilities against India’s mainland and maritime space. Besides, how the fortifying Island chain strategy of China from South China Sea to Western Indian Ocean region, will be a covert strategic locations to leverage its power projection against India were studied. In addition expansion of its overseas military expedition and coercive offensive capabilities in the indo-pacific region were analysed. Further the defensive capability of India and the United States deployments in South Korea to countermeasure China’s raising missile threats were studied. Finally this study proposes the security implications along with policy prescriptions as inputs for India and its strategic partners: To strengthen India’s strategic countermeasures for strategic autonomy on par with China’s aggressive posture, this study identifies the choke points for strategic locations of China in the Indo-Pacific region. Further military coalitions in the western Indian Ocean region to countermeasures China’s strategy, and combined missile defense program to deter China’s long range ballistic missile threats for regional stability and geostrategic countermeasures were suggested.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>China's Coercive Clandestine, Belt and Road Initiative, Missile Defense, Indo-Pacific Security, Offensive and Defensive Strategy,Island Chain Strategy</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://www.ejsss.net.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=14842&title=China__ampersandsign#39;s Military in the Indo-Pacific Region: Security Implications for India and Its Strategic Partners</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>Singh, Teshu (2023). 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