India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.

India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.

Many in the US defense and foreign policy community expect that a common belief in democracy will make India America's natural ally. That this shared believe in democracy will make India willing to join the United States in an alliance to contain China's rising power. This optimistic assum...

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Main Author: Maubere Lorosae Da Silva Horta.
Other Authors: Khong, Yuen Foong
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14296
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-142962020-11-01T08:31:59Z India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance. Maubere Lorosae Da Silva Horta. Khong, Yuen Foong S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science::International relations Many in the US defense and foreign policy community expect that a common belief in democracy will make India America's natural ally. That this shared believe in democracy will make India willing to join the United States in an alliance to contain China's rising power. This optimistic assumption is further reinforced by the past history of Sino-Indian tensions that had characterised relations between the two Asian giants. However, closer analysis reveals that both the identity based argument for an alliance and the realist one, are based on serious misconceptions of India and Asia in general. Master of Science (Strategic Studies) 2008-11-13T09:16:49Z 2008-11-13T09:16:49Z 2005 2005 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14296 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Maubere Lorosae Da Silva Horta.
India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
description Many in the US defense and foreign policy community expect that a common belief in democracy will make India America's natural ally. That this shared believe in democracy will make India willing to join the United States in an alliance to contain China's rising power. This optimistic assumption is further reinforced by the past history of Sino-Indian tensions that had characterised relations between the two Asian giants. However, closer analysis reveals that both the identity based argument for an alliance and the realist one, are based on serious misconceptions of India and Asia in general.
author2 Khong, Yuen Foong
author_facet Khong, Yuen Foong
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author Maubere Lorosae Da Silva Horta.
author_sort Maubere Lorosae Da Silva Horta.
title India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
title_short India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
title_full India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
title_fullStr India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
title_full_unstemmed India and America : Fallacy of the natural alliance.
title_sort india and america : fallacy of the natural alliance.
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