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China and India: Confrontation or Cooperation?
The emergence of China and India and their relationship will define international affairs in the coming decades.
In the spring 2011 issue of the Journal of International Affairs, “Sino-Indian Relations,” top scholars from around the world examine whether the two powers are destined for confrontation or cooperation.
The Journal launched the issue with its second “Thought Leadership Forum.” The Forum was moderated by Daniel Rosen, principal of the Rhodium Group and SIPA adjunct associate professor, and featured Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group; Parag Khanna, Senior Research Fellow, New America Foundation; Jamie Metzl, Executive Vice President of Asia Society; and Yasheng Huang, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Listen to an audio podcast of the Forum here.
Scholars contributing to the spring 2011 issue include include Jonathan Holslag, research fellow at the Brussels Institute of Contemporary China studies. He explores the threat of a water war between China and India, where India accuses China of exploiting the Himalayan rivers and China accuses India of exaggerating the threat.
Other contributors explore the nations’ friction over Tibet, the influence of Pakistan, their courtship of Africa, and cooperation at the local level. Plus, SIPA Professor Arvind Panagariya revisits his 1994 Journal article entitled “India: A New Tiger on the Block?”
The issue also features interviews with:
- Cheng Ruisheng, former Chinese ambassador to India.
- Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore.
- Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
- Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State.
The Journal of International Affairs has been published since 1947 by students at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Each issue brings together a diverse group of scholars and practitioners to debate a topic of global concern.
Past contributors have included Hannah Arendt, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Condoleezza Rice, Jimmy Carter, Noam Chomsky, Francis Fukuyama and other leading thinkers in the field of international affairs.
Alex Burnett, May 2, 2011