Samudra Manthan : Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indo-Pacific / C. Raja Mohan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raja Mohan, C.

Contributor:

John Penman Wood Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

China--Foreign relations--India.

China.

India.

India--Foreign relations--China.

Indo-Pacific Region--Foreign relations.

Indo-Pacific Region.

Strategic rivalries (World politics).

Physical Description:

xii, 329 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, [2012]

Summary:

Rising China and emerging India are becoming major maritime powers. As they build large navies to secure their growing interests, both nations are roiling the waters of the Indo-Pacific -- the vast littoral stretching from Africa to Australasia. Invoking a tale from Hindu mythology -- Samudra Manthan, or, to churn the ocean -- the author tells the story of a Sino-Indian rivalry spilling over from the Great Himalayas into the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He examines the prospects of mitigating the tensions and constructing a stable Indo-Pacific order. America, the dominant power in the area, is being drawn into the unfolding Sino-Indian competition. Despite the huge differences in the current naval capabilities of China, India, and the United States, the author argues that the three countries are locked in a triangular struggle destined to mold the future Indo-Pacific.

Contents:

Introduction

The structure of the rivalry

In search of sea power

Tacking to the blue waters

Maritime nuclear power

India's Pacific ambitions

China eyes the Indian Ocean

Circling the strategic islands

Contesting the littoral

Mitigating the security dilemma

Ordering the Indo-Pacific

Samudra manthan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Penman Wood Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780870032714

0870032712

9780870032721

0870032720

OCLC:

794708171

Publisher Number:

99968208772