The hedging prong in India’s evolving China strategy

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ID12422720
AuthorsHoo Tiang Boon (0000-0002-1324-7446, Nanyang Technological University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume25
Issue101
Pages792-804
Publication date2016-04-12
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10670564.2016.1160527
OpenAlexW2341641240
LanguageEN
Citations received18

This article addresses Sino–Indian relations from the alternative and under-engaged lens of hedging, as opposed to the more conventional balancing and bandwagoning dichotomy. It analyzes why and how, despite the general stable state of and progress in Sino–Indian relations, Delhi has pursued a hedging strategy against China. Under the present Modi administration, India has not deviated markedly from its traditionally prudent foreign policy approach towards China. Yet, there have been discernible changes and, arguably, the main departure from the previous government’s policy is a matter of degree: a more consolidated hedging component combined with a more robust engagement policy towards China. Like several countries in the Indo–Pacific confronted with the rise of China, India remains strategically ambivalent about China

Ambivalence · China · Development economics · Economics · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · State (computer science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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