The Indian Ocean and the Rise of a Multi-polar World Order: The Role of China and India

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The Indian Ocean and the Rise of a Multi-polar World Order: The Role of China and India

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Author(s): Maria Bastos

Publication date (Print): 2014

Journal: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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China and India relations are currently marked by increasing competition, but also by cooperation which is mostly accentuated in the economic domain. The latter is highly dependent on the development of conflicting issues. The existing borderland disputes have already resulted in war, and tensions remain high. Whereas the source of conflict was primarily an inland one, there are signs of a growing oceanic tension, with the Indian Ocean poised to become a determinant strategic issue. With both countries currently enlarging their naval military capacities, the ever possibility for conflict scenarios grows, jeopardizing the desirable adversary position between the two powers determined by competition, favoring instead an inimical one, tending towards destruction. Under such conditions, a multi-polar world order, desirable to promote stability in the international system, under the contemporary world political conditions, is likely to be drown in the Indian Ocean waters. The current paper aims to discuss the significance of current and future developments in China-India relations specifically in the context of the Indian Ocean, as determinants for the establishment of a Multi-polar world order.

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Title: Policy Perspectives: The Journal of the Institute of Policy Studies

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Publication date (Print): 2014

Volume: 11

Issue: 2

Pages: 17-28

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School of Governance and Society, University of Management and Technology, Lahore.

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[1] Berlin, Donald. “The ‘Great Base Race’ in the Indian Ocean Littoral: Conflict Prevention or Stimulation?” Contemporary South Asia 13, no. 3 (September 2004).

[2] Bose, Sugata. A Hundred Horizons the Indian Ocean in the Age of Global Empire . Harvard University Press, 2006.

[3] Christian, Bouchard and Crumpling William. “Neglected No Longer: The Indian Ocean at the Forefront of World Geopolitics and Global Geo-strategy.” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 6, no. 1 (2010).

[4] Cordner, Lee. “Rethinking Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region.” Journal of the Indian Ocean Region 6, no. 1 (2010).

[5] Cox, Robert W. “The International in Evolution.” Millennium: Journal of International Studies 35, no. 3 (2007).

[6] Fairbank, John. “China's Foreign Policy in Historical Perspective.” Foreign affairs (1969).

[7] Jianxin, Zhang. “Oil Security Reshapes China's Foreign Policy.” Centre on China's Transnational Relations Working Paper , no. 9. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005.

[8] Malone, David M. and Rohan Mukherjee. “India and China: Conflict and Cooperation.” Survival 52, no. 1 (February-March 2010).

[9] Mearsheimer, John. “Why China's Rise will not be Peaceful.” University of Chicago, 2004. http://mearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0034b.pdf (accessed April 12, 2014).

[10] Ming, Zheng. “False Discord China Poses no Threat to India, Despite Claims from the West.” Beijing Review (September 2013) http://www.bjreview.com.cn/world/txt/2013-09/09/content_567056.htm (accessed April 12, 2014).

[11] Mouffe, Chantal. On the Political . London: Routledge, 2005.

[12] Pearson, Michael. The Indian Ocean . London: Routledge, 2003.

[13] Scott, David. “India's Drive for a 'Blue Water Navy” Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 10, no. 2 (Winter 2007–08).

[14] Scott, David. “The Great Power ‘Great Game’ between India and China: ‘The Logic of Geography’ Geopolitics 13, no. 1 (2008).