TY  - GEN
AU  - Mohan, C. Raja
TI  - Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indo-Pacific 
SN  - 9780198092339
U1  - 359.03091823 M725S 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - China
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - India
KW  - Indo-Pacific Region
N1  - Rising China and emerging India are becoming major maritime powers. As they build large navies to secure their growing interests, both nations are roiling the waters of the Indo-Pacific -- the vast littoral stretching from Africa to Australasia. Invoking a tale from Hindu mythology -- Samudra Manthan, or, to churn the ocean -- the author tells the story of a Sino-Indian rivalry spilling over from the Great Himalayas into the Indian and Pacific Oceans. He examines the prospects of mitigating the tensions and constructing a stable Indo-Pacific order. America, the dominant power in the area, is being drawn into the unfolding Sino-Indian competition. Despite the huge differences in the current naval capabilities of China, India, and the United States, the author argues that the three countries are locked in a triangular struggle destined to mold the future Indo-Pacific.; 	Introduction --
The structure of the rivalry --
In search of sea power --
Tacking to the blue waters --
Maritime nuclear power --
India's Pacific ambitions --
China eyes the Indian Ocean --
Circling the strategic islands --
Contesting the littoral --
Mitigating the security dilemma --
Ordering the Indo-Pacific --
Samudra manthan
ER  -