Beyond the ‘String of Pearls’: is there really a Sino-Indian security dilemma in the Indian Ocean?

David Brewster*

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    Abstract

    The article will ask whether Sino-Indian strategic competition in the Indian Ocean should 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 India has an overwhelming strategic advantage that China cannot realistically mitigate in the foreseeable future. This advantage precludes any real security dilemma arising between them. In fact, both China and India have good reasons to keep strategic competition under control while they each broaden their regional influence.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)133-149
    Number of pages17
    JournalJournal of the Indian Ocean Region
    Volume10
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Jul 2014

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