• ISBN13: 9788126928583
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Politics and Current Affairs
• Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Distributors (P) Ltd
• Publisher Imprint: N/A
• Publication Date: July 22, 2018
• Pages: 316
• Original Price: INR 995.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 460 grams

The book India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority draws on evidence from interactions between India and China over the years to make an empirical case for the existence and impact of asymmetrical perceptions of threat and friendship between the two countries. The major issues of India-China relations, including the boundary problem, the nuclear issue, the Tibet issue, water diplomacy, regional competition and cooperation, and India-China relations in the global context, have been examined in this book. The book highlights the asymmetry of the threat perceptions between India and China and has explained the interactions of India-China relations. The India-China relations are constrained by the asymmetry between their threat perceptions. Due to the asymmetry in perceptions of threat, India has tried to reduce the sense of insecurity by adopting some countermeasures, such as developing nuclear weapons, allying with other countries, and undermining China’s influence. However, India is also very cautious and avoids angering China. On the other hand, China is in favour of the status quo, and feels no urgent need to sort out the boundary disputes. China has ignored the asymmetry and does not want to share India’s expectations and concerns. Thus, the asymmetry has made it difficult for India and China to forge shared knowledge and to set a common agenda around which their expectations could converge.
The book will be useful to the students and researchers of Political Science and International Relations. It will also be useful to all those who are interested and want to explore India-China relations.

K.R. Gupta, M.A., Ph.D., had been teaching postgraduate classes and guiding research in the University of Jammu and Kurukshetra University. He has deeply studied the social, political and economic problems of India for the last several decades and written many books, including India’s International Relations; Concise Encyclopaedia of India (Ed., 5 Vols.); India-Pakistan Relations, with Special Reference to Kashmir (4 Vols.); Reform of the United Nations (Ed., 2 Vols.); Studies in World Affairs (Ed., 2 Vols.); and Advanced Economics of Development (2 Vols.); Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: A Far-sighted Luminary of India; and The Select Documents on India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority (2 Vols.). He has contributed more than hundred papers in reputed journals, being published in India and abroad. He has also worked as an Economist in private as well as in public sector. His last assignment was as Economic Advisor to the Modi Enterprises.