India and China at Sea
Competition for Naval Dominance in the Indian Ocean
Price: 950.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199479337
Publication date:
05/01/2018
Hardback
272 pages
Price: 950.00 INR
ISBN:
9780199479337
Publication date:
05/01/2018
Hardback
272 pages
Edited by David Brewster
China and India are emerging as major maritime powers as part of long-term shifts in the regional balance of power. As their wealth, interests, and power grow, the two countries are increasingly bumping up against each other across the Indo-Pacific. India and China at Sea is an essential resource in understanding how the two countries will interact as major maritime powers in the coming decades.
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Edited by David Brewster
Description
China and India are emerging as major maritime powers as part of long-term shifts in the regional balance of power. As their wealth, interests, and power grow, the two countries are increasingly bumping up against each other across the Indo-Pacific. China’s growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean is seen by many as challenging India’s aspirations towards regional leadership and major power status. How India and China get along in this shared maritime space—cooperation, coexistence, competition, or confrontation—will be one of the key strategic challenges for the entire region.
India and China at Sea is an essential resource in understanding how the two countries will interact as major maritime powers in the coming decades. The essays in the volume, by noted strategic analysts from across the world, seek to better understand Indian and Chinese perspectives about their roles in the Indian Ocean and their evolving naval strategies towards each other.
About the Editor
David Brewster is a senior research fellow with the National Security College, Australian National University, Canberra, where he works on Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific maritime security.
Kindly download the flyer for more details.
Edited by David Brewster
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. A Contest of Status and Legitimacy in the Indian Ocean
David Brewster
2. Managing Maritime Competition between India and China
Jingdong Yuan
3. The China Factor in Indian Ocean Policy of the Modi and Singh Governments
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
4. Limitations on China’s Ability to Understand Indian Apprehensions about China’s Rise as a Naval Power
John Garver
5. The Indian Ocean: A Grand Sino-Indian Game of ‘Go’
You Ji
6. China’s Evolving Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean Region: An Indian Perspective
Srikanth Kondapalli
7. Scenarios for China’s Naval Deployment in the Indian Ocean and India’s Naval Response
Raja Menon
8. The Subsurface Dimension of Sino-Indian Maritime Rivalry
Iskander Rehman
9. India’s Evolving Maritime Domain Awareness Strategy in the Indian Ocean
Darshana M. Baruah
10. India’s Naval Interests in the Pacific
Abhijit Singh
11. The Maritime Silk Route and India: The Challenge of Overcoming Cognitive Divergence
Zhu Li
12. China’s Evolving Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region: Risks in China’s MSR Initiative
Jabin T. Jacob
13. India and China: Terms of Engagement in the Western Indo-Pacific
Rory Medcalf
Conclusion
Index
About the Editor and Contributors
Edited by David Brewster
Features
- Explains how India and China view each other, as major powers in the Indo-Pacific;
- Analyses Indian and Chinese naval strategies in the Indian Ocean—and explains how each might seek to use their advantages and overcome disadvantages;
- Clarifies how China’s One Belt One Road initiative affects the regional balance of power
Edited by David Brewster
Review
‘David Brewster hits the mark, yet again, with this topical anthology, offering incisive insights into ongoing strategic developments in the Indian Ocean; where “delusional” superpower, China faces off against “apprehensive” neighbour, India.
An eclectic selection of analysts present the reader with fascinating nuances of the maritime “Great Game” in progress; and leave him wondering if it will all end in tame capitulation (to an emerging hegemon) or dramatic dénouement (on the high seas)?’
—Admiral Arun Prakash, former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy
‘I have long argued that the China–India maritime rivalry will be a defining feature of geopolitics in the twenty-first century. As China’s navy goes south to the Indian Ocean, India’s navy is going east to the Pacific. This very timely volume on “India and China at Sea”, with thought-provoking papers from several distinguished scholars and analysts from Australia, China, India, and the United States, makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the maritime ambitions and strategies of Asia’s rising powers and the complex maritime security challenges facing all sea-faring nations—big and small. A must read for practitioners, policymakers, media persons, academics, and students of international affairs.’
—J. Mohan Malik, Professor of Asian Security, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu
Description
China and India are emerging as major maritime powers as part of long-term shifts in the regional balance of power. As their wealth, interests, and power grow, the two countries are increasingly bumping up against each other across the Indo-Pacific. China’s growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean is seen by many as challenging India’s aspirations towards regional leadership and major power status. How India and China get along in this shared maritime space—cooperation, coexistence, competition, or confrontation—will be one of the key strategic challenges for the entire region.
India and China at Sea is an essential resource in understanding how the two countries will interact as major maritime powers in the coming decades. The essays in the volume, by noted strategic analysts from across the world, seek to better understand Indian and Chinese perspectives about their roles in the Indian Ocean and their evolving naval strategies towards each other.
About the Editor
David Brewster is a senior research fellow with the National Security College, Australian National University, Canberra, where he works on Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific maritime security.
Kindly download the flyer for more details.
Reviews
‘David Brewster hits the mark, yet again, with this topical anthology, offering incisive insights into ongoing strategic developments in the Indian Ocean; where “delusional” superpower, China faces off against “apprehensive” neighbour, India.
An eclectic selection of analysts present the reader with fascinating nuances of the maritime “Great Game” in progress; and leave him wondering if it will all end in tame capitulation (to an emerging hegemon) or dramatic dénouement (on the high seas)?’
—Admiral Arun Prakash, former Chief of Naval Staff, Indian Navy
‘I have long argued that the China–India maritime rivalry will be a defining feature of geopolitics in the twenty-first century. As China’s navy goes south to the Indian Ocean, India’s navy is going east to the Pacific. This very timely volume on “India and China at Sea”, with thought-provoking papers from several distinguished scholars and analysts from Australia, China, India, and the United States, makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the maritime ambitions and strategies of Asia’s rising powers and the complex maritime security challenges facing all sea-faring nations—big and small. A must read for practitioners, policymakers, media persons, academics, and students of international affairs.’
—J. Mohan Malik, Professor of Asian Security, Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. A Contest of Status and Legitimacy in the Indian Ocean
David Brewster
2. Managing Maritime Competition between India and China
Jingdong Yuan
3. The China Factor in Indian Ocean Policy of the Modi and Singh Governments
Pramit Pal Chaudhuri
4. Limitations on China’s Ability to Understand Indian Apprehensions about China’s Rise as a Naval Power
John Garver
5. The Indian Ocean: A Grand Sino-Indian Game of ‘Go’
You Ji
6. China’s Evolving Naval Presence in the Indian Ocean Region: An Indian Perspective
Srikanth Kondapalli
7. Scenarios for China’s Naval Deployment in the Indian Ocean and India’s Naval Response
Raja Menon
8. The Subsurface Dimension of Sino-Indian Maritime Rivalry
Iskander Rehman
9. India’s Evolving Maritime Domain Awareness Strategy in the Indian Ocean
Darshana M. Baruah
10. India’s Naval Interests in the Pacific
Abhijit Singh
11. The Maritime Silk Route and India: The Challenge of Overcoming Cognitive Divergence
Zhu Li
12. China’s Evolving Strategy in the Indian Ocean Region: Risks in China’s MSR Initiative
Jabin T. Jacob
13. India and China: Terms of Engagement in the Western Indo-Pacific
Rory Medcalf
Conclusion
Index
About the Editor and Contributors