Tiger with Wings

Reviews / Votes

"This is an exceptional work, for its vast scale, conceptual clarity, and logical structure. The author presents a South Asian, not just Indian, perspective on the past performance of BRI in all its critical dimensions. To us accustomed to frequent headlines on BRI, Tiger with Wings is a rare scholarly offering that enriches our knowledge and provides an informed view based on quality research. It is a must-read for anyone interested in geo-economics, China, and South Asia today."

- Rajiv Bhatia, Distinguished Fellow, Gateway House, India.

"Sanjay Pulipaka's very scholarly work on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) titled Tiger with Wings is essential reading not merely to understand how Beijing sees BRI but also to comprehend the Chinese mind. It is well researched, timely, comprehensive and insightful. It is a must-read for anyone studying China."

- Gautam Bambawale, Distinguished Professor, Symbiosis International University, India.

"This book, while based on regional governments' varied experiences with BRI, draws astute implications from the variety of projects, financial arrangements, including indebtedness, and geopolitical realities within the region. Pulipaka also helpfully reflects on the BRI impact on India and its relations with its neighbours. There is no question but that the BRI initiative has had a profound impact in South Asia-and this is the one book, by a distinguished scholar, which describes the reality of BRI and its implications."

- A. Peter Burleigh, Former U.S. Ambassador, USA.

"Sanjay Pulipaka has done a deep dive into China's outward economic strategy and how the country engages in the wider Asian region through the Belt and Road Initiative. It is full of astute observations and provides fresh insight about China's international economic relations."

- Fredrik Erixon, Founding Director, The European Centre for
International Political Economy (ECIPE), Belgium.

"Sanjay Pulipaka's book is a timely and incisive intervention on a subject that has long demanded deeper regional engagement. With the rare combination of first-hand observations from China and profound expertise in South Asian affairs, he offers a nuanced and authoritative analysis of the BRI in South Asia. This work fills a critical void in the existing discourse and sets a new benchmark for regional scholarship."

- Sana Hashmi, PhD, Fellow, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation (TAEF), Taiwan.

"Tiger with Wings is a timely and insightful analysis of China's expanding footprint in South Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative. For those of us in Japan pursuing deeper engagement with the region under the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision, Sanjay Pulipaka's analysis offers valuable lessons on the complex interplay of infrastructure, influence, and sovereignty."

- Ken Jimbo, Professor, Keio University and Managing Director, International House of Japan, Japan.

"Sanjay Pulipaka's timely analysis of China's Belt and Road Initiative sheds light on what it actually means for countries which have signed up to the scheme. It was not, what China claimed, an attempt to create a new, more just world order, but a global project designed to enable China to develop its own network of influence. The BRI has created new markets for Chinese goods, ensured a steady supply of minerals, and allowed China to gain control of foreign ports, airports, and other strategically important infrastructure."

- Bertil Lintner, Author, Thailand.

"In Tiger with Wings, Sanjay unpacks the OBOR in the context of history, economy and international relations. He has lucidly brought out the advantages, disadvantages and implications in international relations for China, particularly in South Asia, Afghanistan and Myanmar. This book makes for a very interesting and compelling read. Every China scholar will benefit from this work immensely."

- S L Narasimhan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, PhD (Retd), Former Member, National Security Advisory Board, Former DG, Centre for Contemporary China Studies, India.

"This book is an excellent scholarly work, covering in detail China's external economic engagement strategy. It brings together geopolitical and geoeconomic contours into account, with an interesting analysis on Xi Jinping's pet project, the Belt and Road Initiative. The author's analysis and arguments are interesting, and this book is a reader-friendly one, fitting for all spectrums of society, from business to academia to policy makers."

- Jagannath Panda, Head, Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs, ISDP, Sweden; and Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland.

"In the timely and pertinent book, 'Tiger with Wings', Sanjay Pulipaka offers a skilful analysis of China's Belt and Road Initiative and its implications for South Asia. Using scholarly precision and geopolitical acumen, Pulipaka demystifies the intricate web of infrastructure projects, strategic ambitions, and economic partnerships that define China's increasing regional influence. This book illuminates how China's initiatives have shaped power dynamics across South Asia, from Sri Lanka to Pakistan to Nepal and Myanmar."

- Sriparna Pathak, Professor, China Studies and International Relations, O.P. Jindal Global University, India.

"Tiger with Wings by Sanjay Pulipaka is a great scholarly work, providing a comprehensive analysis of China's Belt Road Initiative (BRI) engagement as an instrument of power projection. It critically examines China's rise, and the interface between geopolitics and geoeconomics in the Indian subcontinent, with long-term implications in the balance of power, not just in the region, but in other parts of the world."

- Preeti Saran (Retired), Member, UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Geneva, Switzerland.