The nexus of naval modernization in India and China : strategic rivalry and the evolution of maritime power /
What causes rising great powers to engage in the process of naval modernization? Naval modernization is extremely expensive, time-consuming, and a relatively rare phenomenon. Scholars have proposed various arguments to explain this process ranging from bureaucratic politics, to nationalism, and to t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York, NY :
Oxford University Press, Inc.,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Oxford international relations in South Asia series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | What causes rising great powers to engage in the process of naval modernization? Naval modernization is extremely expensive, time-consuming, and a relatively rare phenomenon. Scholars have proposed various arguments to explain this process ranging from bureaucratic politics, to nationalism, and to the security dilemma. This book demonstrates through case studies of China and India that from 1991 until 2020 the primary driver of naval modernization resulted from a strategic rivalry. Keys to strategic rivalries are perceived threat perceptions that cause decision makers to prepare for worst-case scenarios when trying to decipher their enemy's behaviour. When a state believes it is threatened by a rival's naval power it is likely to pursue its own form of naval modernization for self-protection. Importantly, rivalries do not exist in a vacuum and are frequently linked together. This project will reveal how the interconnected nature of rivalries can also cause naval modernization. Through a close examination of scholarly works, government documents, and over 60 in-depth focused interviews with experts based in mostly in India and China, I argue that, while strategic rivalry is not the only driver of naval modernization, it is the most compelling explanation. Other arguments are frequently embedded within the strategic rivalry model and thus are best seen as only partial drivers. This study contributes to the rivalry research programme as well as the policy and security studies literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780192689344 0192689347 9780191956348 0191956341 |