Rethinking the Linkage between Tibet and the China-India Border Conflict
A Realist Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12747709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven A Hoffmann (Government of South Africa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 165-194 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cold War Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1520-3972 • E-ISSN: 1531-3298 |
| Publisher | The MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/jcws.2006.8.3.165 |
| OpenAlex | W2005100769 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article assesses the dynamic political and military relationships among Tibet, China, and India in the late 1950s and early 1960s. By examining the three governments' calculations and security interests, the article shows that the relationships among the three are best understood from a realist perspective. The focus in the article is on the Sino-Indian dispute over the territory known as “Assam Himalaya,” located on the far eastern end of the Sino-Indian border, between southeastern Tibet and northeast India. The article covers a relatively lengthy period, from 1913 to 1962, but in doing so it shows that territorial claims and the desire for secure borders were the key concern of all the countries involved—Tibet, China, India under British imperial rule, post-1947 India, and the United States
China · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Linkage (software · Political science · Politics · Territorial dispute · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies
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Periods of Military Conflict, Periods of Peace
Perceptions, Positions and Realities in India–China Relations
The Role of the McMahon, Radcliffe and Durand Lines in Shaping Regional Security Complexes in South Asia
Between Narratives of Solidarity and Othering in Indo-Tibetan Borderlands
The Strategy and Technology of Conflict
The Persistent Military Security Dilemma between China and India
The Geoeconomics of Regional Currency Contest
Mobilising language, imagining region
Producing Monyul as Buffer
Politics Among Nations
The Sino-Indian Border Dispute
The evolution of theory in international relations
The Sino-Indian Border Dispute and Sino-Indian Relations
Sino-Soviet Normalization and Its International Implications, 1945-1990
The Dragon in the Land of the Snows
Tibet in Sino-Indian Relations
India, China, The United States, Tibet, and The Origins of the 1962 War
Cooperation under the Security Dilemma
Idealist Internationalism and the Security Dilemma
The Sino-Soviet Border Dispute
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |