Brewster - India and China at sea: competition for naval dominance in the Indian Ocean

India and China at Sea

India and China at Sea

Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean

edited by

David Brewster

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ISBN-13 (print edition): 978-0-19-947933-7

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Contents

David Brewster

Jingdong Yuan

Pramit Pal Chaudhuri

John Garver

You Ji

Srikanth Kondapalli

Raja Menon

Iskander Rehman

Darshana M. Baruah

Abhijit Singh

Zhu Li

Jabin T. Jacob

Rory Medcalf

This book is the outcome of a project undertaken by the Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne, with the generous support of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

China and India are fast emerging as major maritime powers of the Indo-Pacific. As their wealth, power, and interests expand, they are increasingly coming into contact with each other in the maritime domain. How India and China get along in the shared Indo-Pacific maritime spacecooperation, coexistence, competition, or confrontationmay be one of the key strategic challenges for the region in the twenty-first century. The relationship between these powers is sometimes a difficult one: in particular, their security relationship is relatively volatile and there are numerous unresolved issues. Not least is Chinas growing presence in the Indian Ocean where it is perceived in New Delhi to be shaping the strategic environment and forming alignments that could be used against India.