Abstract
The article will ask whether Sino-Indian strategic competition in the Indian Oceanshould be properly understood through the lens of a security dilemma. It examines the strategic positions of India and China in the Indian Ocean and concludes that Indiahas an overwhelming strategic advantage that China cannot realistically mitigate in the foreseeable future. This advantage precludes any real security dilemma arisingbetween them. In fact, both China and India have good reasons to keep strategic competition under control while they each broaden their regional influence.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Evolving Dynamics of the Indian Ocean: Prospects and the Way Forward |
| Editors | Vijay Sakhuja and Raghavendra Mishra |
| Place of Publication | New Delhi |
| Publisher | Shipra Publications |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| ISBN (Print) | 9788175417939 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |