TY  - BOOK
AU  - Upadhyaya, Shishir
TI  - India's Maritime Strategy: Balancing Regional Ambitions and China
T2  - Politics in Asia Series
SN  - 9780367028145
U1  - 359.0309165 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Sea-power
KW  - China
KW  - India
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Navies
KW  - Indian Ocean Region
KW  - Strategic aspects of individual places
KW  - Military policy
N2  - The first book by a former Indian naval intelligence officer on Sino-India relations, India’s Maritime Strategy provides a unique insight into the Indian Navy, tracing its post-independence growth and discussing its transformation and future in the 21st century. In the context of the rise of China’s maritime power in the Indian Ocean, this book provides a nuanced view of the extent and scope of India’s maritime reach and the effect of this on Sino-Indian competition. Challenging the view that by developing a favorable environment alone, India could seek to maintain its balance of power with China, it is argued that despite durable bilateral security ties with most regional states, India’s maritime aspirations to be the primary net security provider for the region are unsustainable in the long term. This book presents a comprehensive coverage of India’s bilateral maritime security engagements with all the Indian Ocean regional states, as well as the US, France, UK and Russia. As such, it will be useful to students and scholars of Indian and South Asian politics, international relations and maritime security
ER  -