Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

Tripartite Relations between India, China and the USA

Ashutosh Singh

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 Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has remained the world’s sole super power. It has over the past two decades vigorously pursued its national interests, and been deeply involved in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. During this period, China has made colossal strides in its economic growth, and also developed its military potential considerably to lay claims to becoming a global power. While non alignment progressively became less relevant, India oke away from its economic fetters and made substantial progress towards realizing it aspirations of becoming a regional power. The concept of a strategic triangle is utilized in international relations, where three major countries affect each other in a manner that the important issues in a dyad often affect the third country. The degree of impact determines the nature of the strategic triangle.

Lowell Dittmer defined the concept of a ‘strategic triangle’ as a sort of transactional game among three states, where each state recognizes the strategic salience of the three principals, and the relationship between any two states affects or is affected by the third. The relations between India, China and USA affect Asia significantly. The thesis proposes to examine if a ‘Strategic Triangle’ exists or is emerging between India, China and the USA and to understand the dynamics of such a triangle.

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Ashutosh Singh, Tripartite Relations between India, China and the USA, GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-6, Issue-1, January‾2017

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