© Columbia University Press
China and India: Prospects for Peace
December, 2009
Cloth, 248 pages, 11 halftones
ISBN: 978-0-231-15042-2
$37.50
/ £26.00
"Provocative." — James T. Areddy, China Real Time Report - a Wall Street Journal blog
"Mr Holslag provides a useful corrective to some of the more starry-eyed visions of a semi-cohesive “Chindia.”" — Economist
"A timely overview of the emergent Sino-Indian rivalry." — Sumit Ganguly, H-Asia
"Holslag offers a thorough analysis of Chinese/Indian relations and their many dimensions." — Rick Docksai, World Futures Review
"Highly recommended." — Choice
"Jonathan Holslag offers a judicious and critical perspective on the prospects for 'Chindia'-the emergence of China and India as major trading states with shared threats to prosperity, and the view that this connection will foster long-term Sino-Indian security cooperation. Holslag's research and analysis shows that Chinese and Indian engagement in international commerce has contributed to competition, rather than cooperation, in neighboring regions, and that such engagement cannot ameliorate the strategic sources of their enduring conflict. A much-needed, balanced assessment of the prospects for Sino-Indian cooperation." — Robert Ross, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government
"A comprehensive, strategic treatise, this book provides valuable insight into the dynamics of the increasingly competitive relationship between the world's two most populous countries." — Brahma Chellaney, Center for Policy Research, New Delhi
"A deep and incisive study that sets a new standard for work in Sino-Indian relations. Jonathan Holslag looks at and analytically integrates these two dimensions impressively, stressing growing economic links yet concluding that an economic rivalry still exists and is likely to grow. Holslag's account is subtle and complex yet highly readable. It is an absolute necessity for anyone seeking to understand this complex and increasingly important relationship." — John W. Garver, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, and author of Protracted Contest: China-Indian Rivalry in the Twentieth Century