Abstract
Zhang Li examines the impact of India-China-USA strategic interaction on East Asian regionalism. The USA wants to engage India in order to offset China’s rise, encouraged by India-China territorial disputes and growing strategic rivalry. But India has interest in long-term cooperation with China, which causes it to shy away from incurring China’s hostility. And India wants strategic autonomy in a multipolar world, not American hegemony. Therefore, India will use the USA to strengthen its strategic position in India-China rivalry and seek beneficial cooperation with China. So long as strategic rivalry divides China from the USA and India, China should place emphasis on China-ASEAN and ASEAN Plus Three cooperation. A wider grouping could promote collusion against China’s rise.
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Zhang, L. (2016). The China-India-USA Engagement in the Asia-Pacific: Security Implications for East Asian Regionalism. In: Arase, D. (eds) China’s Rise and Changing Order in East Asia. Politics and Development of Contemporary China. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-352-00023-8_14
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