The great power 'great game' between India and China: 'The logic of geography'

Geopolitics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-26

  Scott, David ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; LIBERALISM; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; REGIONALISM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 46849106340     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040701783243     Document Type: Article

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180. Saran, 'Present Dimensions' (note 8).
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185. J. Hsuing, 'Comprehensive Security: Challenge For Pacific Asia', Oct. 2004, p. 5, available at .
186. V. Mamadouh, 'Geopolitics in the Nineties: One Flag, Many Meanings', GeoJournal 46/4 (1998) 237-53.
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190. D. Xiaoping, 'The Present Situation and the Tasks Before Us', Jan. 1980, in Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping (Beijing: Foreign Languages Press 1984-94) 2.225.
191. Ibid.
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193. Mohan, 'Rethinking India's Grand Strategy' (note 98) p. 35.
194. M. Singh, 'Speech by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at India Today Conclave, New Delhi', 25 Feb. 2005, available at .
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198. Ganguly, 'Energy Trends in China and India', 26 July 2005, available at .
199. Vatikiotis, 'China, India and the Land Between' (note 95); S. Sengupta 'India's Quest for Energy is Reshaping its Diplomacy', International Herald Tribune (6 June 2005).
200. Ganguly, 'Energy Trends' (note 114).
201. C. Bajpaee, 'India, China Locked in Energy Game', Asia Times (17 March 2005).
202. M. Kripalani, 'India and China: Oil-patch Partners?, Business Week (7 Feb. 2005).
203. Also P. Aiyar, 'No "Great Game" Between India, China', Asia Times (13 Jan. 2006).
204. K. Chaube, 'India Loses Out to China in Oil', India Daily (28 Aug. 2005).
205. S. Dadwal, 'An Energy Crisis in the Making?: India's Policy Options', in Sisodia and Bhaskar (eds.), Emerging India. Security and Foreign Policy Perspectives (note 98) p. 315.
206. Vatikiotis, 'India and China: A Delicate Dance' (note 34).
207. Dadwal, 'An Energy Crisis in the Making?' (note 120) p. 323.
208. M. Aiyar, 'Asia's Quest for Energy Security', 13 Jan. 2006, rep. Frontline (11-24 Feb. 2006).
209. Ibid.
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214. G. Naidu, 'Looking East: India and the Asia-Pacific', in Sisodia and Bhaskar (eds.), Emerging India. Security and Foreign Policy Perspectives (note 98) p. 217.
215. B. Vaughn, 'Indian Geopolitics, the United States and Evolving Correlates of Power in Asia', Geopolitics 9/2 (2004) p. 456.
216. Saran, 'Present Dimensions' (note 8).
217. Ibid.
218. Ibid.
219. B. Karnad, 'India's Future Plans and Defence Requirements', in Sisodia and Bhaskar (eds.), Emerging India. Security and Foreign Policy Perspectives (note 98) pp. 62-63.
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