Chinese and Indian strategic behavior : growing power and alarm / / George J. Gilboy, Eric Heginbotham [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910790279103321
• Autore: Gilboy George J. <1964->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• ISBN: 1-139-33446-8; 1-107-23122-1; 1-280-39362-9; 1-139-33791-2; 9786613571540; 1-139-09664-8; 1-139-34036-0; 1-139-34194-4; 1-139-33704-1; 1-139-33878-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxx, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 355/.033551
• Soggetti: Strategic culture - China; Strategic culture - India; China Foreign relations 21st century; China Military policy; China Foreign economic relations; India Foreign relations 21st century; India Military policy; India Foreign economic relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Strategic culture: unique paths to veiled realpolitik -- Foreign policy, use of force, and border settlements -- Military modernization: defense spending -- Military doctrine: towards emphasis on offensive action -- Military force modernization and power projection -- Economic strategic behavior: trade and energy -- ; India, China, and democratic peace theory -- Meeting the dual challenge: a U.S. strategy for China and India -- Appendix: defense spending selected additional data.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.