India: Project Mausam

Project Mausam is a foreign policy initiative of the Indian government under Narendra Modi. It envisions a new platform for cooperation in the vast area extending from the South Asian subcontinent to other parts of the Indian Ocean littoral, in which India will play the leading role.

Rooted in the history of trade between the littoral countries deeply influenced by Indian culture, the project pushes for renewed collaboration among these countries in the exploration of maritime resources, and trade. Initially proposed as a cultural program, Project Mausam is now evolving into a quasi-strategic initiative with diplomatic and economic reverberations.

India was a major staging post on the ancient Silk Road routes on the sea, and today it is an important partner of China in advancing the Belt and Road Initiative. There is no conflict between "Project Mausam" and China's initiative in either structure or nature; on the contrary the two can be readily aligned and even integrated.

印度“季風(fēng)計劃”

“季風(fēng)計劃”是印度莫迪政府嘗試“借古謀今”的一種外交戰(zhàn)略新構(gòu)想，設(shè)想在從南亞次大陸到整個環(huán)印度洋的廣大區(qū)域內(nèi)，打造以印度為主導(dǎo)的環(huán)印度洋地區(qū)互利合作新平臺?！凹撅L(fēng)計劃”以深受印度文化影響的環(huán)印度洋地區(qū)及該地區(qū)國家間悠久的貿(mào)易往來歷史為依托，以印度為主力，推進(jìn)環(huán)印度洋地區(qū)國家間在共同開發(fā)海洋資源、促進(jìn)經(jīng)貿(mào)往來等領(lǐng)域的合作。莫迪政府的“季風(fēng)計劃”已從最初的文化項目定位發(fā)展成為具有外交、經(jīng)濟(jì)功能的準(zhǔn)戰(zhàn)略規(guī)劃。印度是古代“海上絲路”的重要驛站, 也是中國共建共享“一帶一路”的重要伙伴?！凹撅L(fēng)計劃”與“一帶一路”在結(jié)構(gòu)和本質(zhì)上并不具有天然的對抗性，反而能實現(xiàn)相互對接甚至融合。