The Politico-Economic Competition between the United States and China in India: 1990s-2008
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Huang, Yen-Cheng
Abstract
The aim of this thesis is to discuss the politico-economic competition between the United States and China in India in the post Cold War era (1990s-2008). Because the Cold War ended, the power of international system reorganized to be a multi-polar system, and the hegemony of the United States started change; the system of the EU was gradually enlarged; China rose and might be the Asian overlord; one of the BRICs India’s economic growth was fast; as well as under the impacts of the 911 events of 2001 and all sorts of international backgrounds, the United States and China, respectively as the identity of world hegemony and the regional power, had to launch the new foreign relationships, in which India became their focus of politico-economic competition in Asia. This thesis uses the 911 events as a time watershed to discuss the politico-economic competition between the United States and China in India between 1990s to 2008. From the discussion of this thesis, we know, especially after the 911 events, the United States drew India together tightly to gain her stronger hegemonic position in the world. The United States used anti-terrorism and the policy of containing China to enhance her cooperation with India. Nevertheless the rise of India, makes she own bigger economic power, that makes the United States expect to get more “substantial economic benefits” and also improve her trade deficits with India. But in the aspect of China, after the 911 events, China wanted to draw India together as against the United States’ by intention of anti-terrorism and containing China. China uses the strategy of economic and trade with India to pursue her “substantial economic benefits”, and to "expand China’s political power in the South Asia and Asia". On the other hand, India faced the acceleration of the United States’ drawing together after the 911 events, in addition to more emphasizing her autonomy of diplomacy and security, still carried on the cooperation and concert with the United States, because on good terms with the United States could help India "enhance economic rising" and also "promote the great power status". While India faced China, in addition to carrying on mutual inter-visits with China to avoid military resistances, India would like to extend economic and trade relationship with China, even though having a trade deficit with China. Therefore, India still wanted to associate with China peacefully, and “to given her large but undeveloped economic and trade potentiality” and “to promote more cooperation with China”. Finally, besides the above-mentioned, U.S.-India and China-India’s features of politico-economic relations, we find out that in the process of the United States and China’s competition in India, the United States did provide India more help than China did, therefore, the United States did occupied India in a more advantage’s position than China did. However, viewing from the development of India with the United States and China, India didn’t choose anyone of them but make good friends with both sides. So India got the biggest benefits from the United States and China.
Subjects
The post Cold War era
Strategy for India
Politico-economic competition
U.S.-India relationship
Sino-India relationship
The 911 events
Type
thesis
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