Sino-US and Indo-US Relations (eBook)

Pinaki Bhattacharya has been a journalist for over three decades, working with various publications and a news television channel. During that time, he has covered various ministries, agencies and the armed forces concerning the issue of Strategic Security. He is currently an independent researcher and analyst in the same area. Largely an autodidact, he is now pursuing a formal Master's degree in Political Science at Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). He was an East West Centre fellow of the Asia Pacific Leadership Programme from 2007 to 2008, successfully completing a certificate-level graduate programme at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. He has written for the Observer Researcher Foundation (as an external consultant/analyst), Society for Policy Studies and Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), and currently contributes to various specialized journals like Strategic Analysis and Aakrosh.

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This book identifies major elements that influenced Sino-US relations before the reform and opening up of said relations. These include the Taiwan question's impact on the policies of both countries, the Korean War, the Cold War, Japan and the Sino-Soviet split. The book is divided into two complementary sections: the first addresses the evolution of Sino-US relations, while the second examines Indo-US relations, especially after 1991 and the end of the Cold War and the 'social-imperialism' of the USSR. In addition, the book explores the mores of the Chinese leadership; the period of the relationship's consolidation and growth, punctuated by China's turning to 'market socialism', led by Deng; the impact of the end of the Cold War; and its lasting influence. In closing, the book calls for responses to India's play as a hedge to Chinese growth, as originally envisioned by the Clinton, Bush, and Obama Administrations. The roles that Japan, Australia and ASEAN play in this matrix are also explored.