The Indian Ocean and the Rise of a Multi-polar World Order: The Role of China and India

The Indian Ocean and the Rise of a Multi-polar World Order: The Role of China and India

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China and India relations are currently marked by increasing competition, but also by cooperation which is mostly accentuated in the economic domain.The latter is highly dependent on the development of conflicting issues.The existing borderland disputes have already resulted in war, and tensions remain high.Whereas the source of conflict was primarily an inland one, there are signs of a Batteries growing oceanic tension, with the Indian Ocean poised to become a determinant strategic issue.

With both countries currently enlarging their naval military capacities, the ever possibility for conflict scenarios grows, jeopardizing the desirable adversary position between the two powers determined by competition, favoring instead an inimical one, tending towards destruction.Under such conditions, a multi-polar world order, desirable to promote stability in the international system, under the contemporary world Bilge Pump political conditions, is likely to be drown in the Indian Ocean waters.The current paper aims to discuss the significance of current and future developments in China-India relations specifically in the context of the Indian Ocean, as determinants for the establishment of a Multi-polar world order.