India-China Maritime Competition

Rajesh Basrur is Visiting Professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Research Associate with the Contemporary South Asian Studies Programme, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies, University of Oxford.Anit Mukherjee is Assistant Professor in the South Asia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. T.V. Paul is James McGill Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

• 1. Introduction: The Indian Ocean and the India-China Security Dilemma Rajesh Basrur, Anit Mukherjee, and T.V. Paul 2. Naval Development and International Stability in the Indian Ocean Region Geoffrey Till 3. China-India Rivalry at Sea: capability, trends, and challenges Koh Swee Lean Collin 4. The Security Dilemma and India’s Naval Strategy Yogesh Joshi and Anit Mukherjee 5. The emerging dynamics of Sino-Indian rivalry in the Bay of Bengal Darshana M. Baruah and C. Raja Mohan 6. India-China Rivalry and the Strategic Importance of Maldives, Mauritius, and Seychelles Sumitha Narayanan Kutty 7. India-China Maritime Competition: Southeast Asia and the Dilemma of Regional States Sinderpal Singh 8. The US Response: Naval architecture and plans Andrew C. Winner 9. Conclusion: Mitigating the Security Dilemma in the Sino-Indian Rivalry T.V. Paul