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Abstract

In the narrative of the triangular India-China-US relations, the United States occupies some degree of strategic space in India-China relations, notwithstanding the fact that Sino-Indian relations, like Sino-US relations, or for that matter Indo-US relations, have their own dynamics and imperatives. The presentation aims to determine and analyse the extent to which, the US is a factor as an intervening variable in the complex Sino-Indian relations. The intervening variable works, both as determinant and consequent of the triangular relations. The presentation will attempt to probe the research question as to how China perceives US policy towards India, in particular, whether growing Indo-US strategic ties can affect China’s security interests, particularly in the Asia-Pacific. Related to this research question is how India is trying to calibrate its relationship with both USA and China and how far India has been successful in this endeavor in the context of strategic distrust and security dilemma. 

About the Speaker

Dr. Rup Narayan Das is a Delhi based China scholar. He was a senior fellow with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA). Currently, he is Director in the Research and Information Division of the Lok Sabha Secretariat. His articles and book reviews have appeared, among others, in China Report, China Brief, James Town Foundation, Washington, International Studies, Strategic Analyses, Harvard Asia Quarterly, Journal of Defence Studies, etc.