The Sino-Indian Rivalry

Šumit Ganguly is a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University, Bloomington. Manjeet S. Pardesi is Senior Lecturer in the Political Science and International Relations Programme and Asia Research Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. William R. Thompson is Distinguished Professor and Rogers Chair in Political Science emeritus at Indiana University, Bloomington.

• Part I: 1. Introduction; 2. The Sino-Indian rivalry: spatial and positional contestation; Part II. Spatial and Positional Considerations and Violence: 3. The Sino-Indian rivalry: the positional dimension (1940s–1950s) ; 4. Positional issues and the 1962 Sino-Indian War; Part III. The Evolution of the Rivalry: 5. Crises in Sino-Indian relations; 6. Asymmetries and rivalry: economic, nuclear, naval; Part IV. Interconnected Rivalries and Systemic Considerations: 7. The emergence of a triadic rivalry; 8. The Sino-Indian rivalry in regional and global context; Part V: 9. Conclusion.

'This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the Sino-Indian strategic rivalry. It demonstrates that the rivalry is rooted not simply in a territorial dispute, but also in a larger struggle for influence in the Asia-Pacific region. As the authors explain, this rivalry, though regional in nature, could trigger systemic war.' S. Paul Kapur, US Naval Postgraduate School