This research work is a product of the research collaboration between the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy Research, University of Haifa (HMS), Israel, and the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, with the aim of providing policy recommendations to the respective governments of India. Israel. Over the past few years, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has generated significant interest among various countries, regardless of their individual approaches to sustainable growth in their national policies. There is growing enthusiasm to cooperate with China on this initiative or maintain a guarded and cautious approach. Even the political analysts and policy makers, admirers and critics alike, admit that the rise of China and its influence on the world can no longer…