An excellent volume on the multidimensional relationship between China and India and the emerging patterns of conflict and cooperation between the two rising powers. A must-read for anyone interested in the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific, past, present and future.
T.V. Paul, James McGill Professor of International Relations, McGill University, Canada
This examination of Delhis long record on balancing and befriending China offers important insights into the making of Indias great power relations.
C. Raja Mohan, Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
A volume of incisive essays, most opportune in the 70th year of the establishment of diplomatic ties between India and China.
Sujan R. Chinoy, Director General, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
This is a multi-faceted and very rich compilation of Indian responses to Chinas rise, with contributions from leading scholars.
Jonathan Holslag, Professor of International Politics, Free University of Brussels
INDIAS GREAT POWER POLITICS
This book examines Indias foreign and defence policy changes in response to Chinas growing economic and military power and increased footprint across the Indo-Pacific. It further explores Indias role in the rivalry between China and the United States.
The book looks at the strategic importance of the Indian Ocean Region in the Indo-Pacific geopolitical landscape and how India is managing Chinas rise by combining economic cooperation with a wide set of balancing strategies. The authors in this book critically analyse the various tools of Indian foreign policy, including defence posture, security alignments, and soft power diplomacy, among others, and discuss the future trajectory of Indias foreign policy and the factors which will determine the balance of power in the region and the potential risks involved.
The book provides detailed insights into the multifaceted and complex relationship between India and China and will be of great interest to researchers and students of international relations, Asian studies, political science, and economics. It will also be useful for policymakers, journalists, and think tanks interested in the IndiaChina relationship.
Jo Inge Bekkevold is Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He was previously a career diplomat, with several postings to East Asia.
S. Kalyanaraman is Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
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CONTENTS
PART I
India and Chinas rise
Jo Inge Bekkevold and S. Kalyanaraman
Jo Inge Bekkevold
S. Kalyanaraman
Sunniva Engh
PART II
Chinas rise and Indias neighbourhood policy
S. D. Muni
John W. Garver
P. Stobdan
Constantino Xavier
PART III
India and the great powers
Jayant Prasad
Harsh V. Pant
P.S. Raghavan
Rohan Mukherjee
PART IV
Concluding observations
Jo Inge Bekkevold and S. Kalyanaraman
Jo Inge Bekkevold is Senior Advisor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies. He has written extensively on Chinese foreign policy, Asian security, and naval developments. His recent publications include Sino-Russian Relations in the 21st Century, co-edited with Bobo Lo (2019); China in the Era of Xi Jinping: Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges, co-edited with Robert S. Ross (2016); and International Order at Sea: How It Is Challenged. How It Is Maintained, with Geoffrey Till (2016). Bekkevold is a former career diplomat in the Norwegian Foreign Service, with several postings to East Asia.
Sunniva Engh is DPhil in Modern History from the University of Oxford (2006). She is a former fellow of the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and is currently Associate Professor of History at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History at the University of Oslo. She was Fulbright Research Fellow at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Relations at the City University of New York.
John W. Garver is Emeritus Professor with the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. His most recent work is Chinas Quest: The History of the Foreign Relations of the Peoples Republic of China (2016).
S. Kalyanaraman is Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. His research focus is Indias defence and security policies. He is Visiting Member of Faculty at Indias National Defence College, Army War College, and Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, as well as Bhutans Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies.
Rohan Mukherjee is an assistant professor of political science at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. His research focuses on the grand strategies of rising powers and their impact on international security and order, with an empirical specialisation in South Asia and East Asia. He is the co-editor of Poised for Partnership: Deepening India-Japan Relations in the Asian Century (2016).
S. D. Muni is Professor Emeritus at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was Visiting Research Professor with the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore (20082013). He served as Indias Special Envoy to Southeast Asian countries on UN Security Council Reforms (200506) and as Indias Ambassador to Laos PDR (19971999). In 2005, the Sri Lankan President bestowed on him the Sri Lanka Ratna, the highest civilian honour for a non-national. Author and editor of about two dozen books, Professor Muni has also published numerous research papers and articles in various academic journals of repute.
Harsh V. Pant is Director, Studies and Head of the Strategic Studies Programme at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of Defence Studies and Kings India Institute as Professor of International Relations at Kings College London. He is also a non-resident fellow with the Wadhwani Chair in USIndia Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC. His most recent books are
