Dr. Cuiping Zhu is a Deputy Director of Research Institute for Indian Ocean Economies (RIIO), Yunnan University of Finance and Economics (YUFE), Kunming, China. She is an editorial director of "Indian Ocean Economic and Political Review" and "Annual Report on Development of Indian Ocean Region". Prof. Cuiping Zhu focuses on the academic fields such as Indian Ocean Strategy, South Asia Issues and Sino-Indian Ties. In recent years, she has written extensively on Indian Ocean Region such as India's Enterprise investment and policy issues (2011), Indian Ocean Strategy (2012), Relations between India and China from the perspective of economics (2012), Recognizing Threats, Constructing Threats: The Extension of the U.S-Indian Ocean Strategy(2013), Security in the Indian Ocean and the Sino-Indian "Cooperation Dilemma"(2014). She also published two books named Institutional Analysis on Economic Growth(2010), Indian Ocean and China(2014).

Introduction.- General Situation of the Indian Ocean.- Turbulence of the Indian Ocean.- Game of the Great Powers in Indo-Pacific Ocean.- Achievements and Challenges of India's 'Great Power' Dream.- Indian Ocean and China's Economic Security.- Economic Development Prospects of Indo-Pacific Region.

The book focuses on analyzing the turbulent situation in the Indian Ocean from the political, economic and security perspectives. It discusses topics ranging from the major powers' great game in the Indo-Pacific and China's countermeasures, to China and India's reciprocal demands and potential conflicts in the Indian Ocean. It also addresses the relations between the Indian Ocean region and China's economic security and provides an in-depth analysis of the prospects of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.