Chinese and Indian Strategic Behavior

Growing Power and Alarm

• Author(s): George J. Gilboy, Eric Heginbotham,
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 346
• ISBN_10: 1107020050
  ISBN_13: 9781107020054
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Asia / South / India , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Public Policy / Economic Policy , Political Science / Public Policy / Military Policy , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Technology & Engineering / Military Science ,

Description:... This book offers an empirical comparison of Chinese and Indian international strategic behavior. It is the first study of its kind, filling an important gap in the literature on rising Indian and Chinese power and American interests in Asia. The book creates a framework for the systematic and objective assessment of Chinese and Indian strategic behavior in four areas: (1) strategic culture; (2) foreign policy and use of force; (3) military modernization (including defense spending, military doctrine, and force modernization); and (4) economic strategies (including international trade and energy competition). The utility of democratic peace theory in predicting Chinese and Indian behavior is also examined. The findings challenge many assumptions underpinning western expectations of China and India.