Abstract
As “power” is the chief determinant of foreign policy of each state, so in
the case of Sino-Indian relations, both the neighboring states seem
exceedingly hectic in satisfying their strategic interests. States tend to
gain more power either for survival, strategic/economic supremacy or for
hegemonic purposes. China and India are neighboring states and
strategic rivals as well. Both belong to ancient civilizations, breathed in
an environment of peace and non-interference, before the emergence of
China and India as Modern Nation States and after getting independence
from imperialists. Both are big countries, having large populations and
fast growing economies. The territorial disputes and later Sino-Indian
border war of 1962 sowed the seeds of longstanding mistrust, mutual
suspicion and strategic rivalry between these two neighboring states,
which after the jumping up of their economies are now assuming the
shape of geo-strategic and geo-economic competition, within the regional
vis-à-vis global context. In this regard, China has shown yawning interest
in developing the Gwadar Port of Pakistan, to boost up its strategic and
economic benefits while India on the other hand is investing in the
Chabahar Port of Iran, just to counter the China’s ambitions and to
quench its own strategic thirst. This counterbalancing behavior of both
the major regional powers is not only raising hackles for each other but
are creating mess for the neighboring states of this particular region as
well, especially for Pakistan. This instant paper is focusing the SinoIndian geo-strategic competition, in terms of the Gwadar and Chabahar
Ports and its implications for Pakistan
Nazim Rahim, Asghar Ali. (2018) The Sino-Indian Geo-Strategic Rivalry: A Comparative Study of Gwadar and Chabahar Ports, The Dialogue, Volume 13, Issue 1.
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