China and India
Subtitle: great power rivals
By: by Mohan Malik
Publisher: FirstForumPress
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9781935049418
Subjects: Foreign relations
Description: Despite burgeoning trade and cultural links, China and India remain fierce competitors in a world of global economic rebalancing, power shifts, resource scarcity, environmental degradation, and other transnational security threats. Mohan Malik explores this increasingly important and complex relationship, grounding his analysis in the history of the two countries. Malik describes a geopolitical rivalry underpinned by contrasting systems, values, and visions. His comparative analysis covers the broad spectrum of challenges that China and India face. Drawing on his extensive research and on-the-ground experience, he concludes with a discussion of alternative strategic futures for Sino-Indian relations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1 : the burden of history; title: Strategic cultures : Pax Sinica vs. Pax Indica; title: India's China debate : eyeing the dragon; title: China perceives India : "great power dreamer"; title: Pt. 2 : flashpoints and fault lines; title: Tibet and the territorial dispute; title: The China-Pakistan-India triangle; title: Burma : fulcrum of rivalry; title: The proliferation axis; title: Multilateral maneuvers; title: Pt. 3 : will the future resemble the past?; title: Energy flows and maritime rivalries in the Indian Ocean; title: Triangles, tilts, and strategic futures.