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Article
Publication Title
E-International Relations
Publisher
E-International Relations
School
School of Arts and Humanities / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts, Technology, Education and Communications
RAS ID
30291
Abstract
A significant global development in the first decade of the 21st Century has been the rise of several nationshitherto not considered key players in the international scene. The following up and coming nations have recentlybeen grouped respectively as BRIC and BASIC: Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC); and Brazil, South Africa,India, and China (BASIC) (Wilson & Purushothaman, 2003). Noticeably, the two nations featured in both thesegroupings are China and India. China’s and India’s meteoric rise to the global arena, and the sheer magnitude oftheir populations, has led some scholars to assert that there is an ‘irresistible’ shift of global power toward Asia,dubbing this as the ‘Asian Century’ (Mahbubani, 2008, p. 43). And some scholars have gone so far as to coin theportmanteau ‘Chindia’ to signify the ascendency of these two Asian giants (Ramesh, 2005; Sheth, 2008). In thisarticle, I begin by examining Ramesh’s (2005) and Sheth’s (2008) definitions of the term Chindia. I then proceedto situate Chindia according to classical international relations theory of how global peace and prosperity havebeen historically attributed to a few strong nations in the world. I then undertake an historical overview of China-India relations, followed by a brief summary of the commonalities and differences between the two nations.Finally, I make an assessment whether Chindia is a dream or a possibility.
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James, J. D. (2019, December 6). The prospect of 'Chindia' as a world power. E-International Relations. https://www.e-ir.info/2019/12/06/the-prospect-of-chindia-as-a-world-power/