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Kra, New Delhi’s new KRA: Why a little-known isthmus in Thailand tells us much about China’s Indo-Pacific strategy. And why it impacts Andamans, strategically key for India
Times of IndiaThe writer served as Foreign Secretary and is author of ‘After Tiananmen: The Rise of China’ Kra sounds like a fictional planet in an alien galaxy. A transit artery that links the two bodies of water could have global ramifications for international trade and security, similar to the Suez and Panama Canals in the 19th and 20th centuries. In October-November 2023, the Thai PM officially pitched a multi-billion-dollar land-bridge project in the Kra Isthmus at the third Belt & Road Summit in Beijing and at the APEC Summit in San Francisco. Read full story on TOI+ Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Disclaimer Views expressed above are the author's own.
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