ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses on China's rise, investigates whether its rise will be peaceful, and the results the impact on the future of Asia which sets the stage for analysing India's own rise in the Asian continent. India pursues its foreign and domestic policies by estimating what serves its best interests, which is an expression of classical realist theory. India has also steered a middle course between the Shia-Sunni tensions in the Middle East and Gulf regions. At the present juncture India's relations with the US constitute a core relationship, while Sino-Indian relations are mostly competitive, although elements of cooperation do co-exist. After the Indo-US nuclear deal was concluded in 2008, the elements of a core relationship have strengthened between India and the US, which is greatly distressing China. The chapter investigates an issue of some complexity, whether India will persist with its traditional policy of non-alignment to balance its relations between the US and China.
