ABSTRACT
Chinese strategists discuss the need for Shengcun Kongjian and for strategic frontiers that extend into the Indian Ocean, the South China Sea and East China Sea and even into outer space. This chapter explains the emergence of China as a major power, which is on the threshold of becoming dominant global power. The critique of India's strategic culture also suggested that India's external relations were determined more or less on an ad hoc basis rather than on consistent policies governed by principles. In the modern strategic culture discourse, primacy of the role of war in world affairs is affirmed. Stephen Cohen described Nehruvianism as a moderate mix of Gandhian non-violence, with the amalgam of natural self-reliance and third world solidarity, which did not serve anybody including India. The United States realized the importance of geo-political situation of India in the Asian continent. George Bush opened nuclear power dialogue resulting in the civilian nuclear agreement between the United States and India.
