ABSTRACT
Over ten chapters, our authors make an assessment of the conflicting and common interests of China and India in relation to economics, environment, energy, and water. They describe the state of interaction between the two countries but also outline policy options which address the differences between them as well as the opportunities for cooperation in these four areas. The chapters link their assessments of the past and present to prescriptions for the future. An underlying theme of the volume is that China and India can indeed cooperate, that the need and opportunities for collaboration have to be articulated more systematically and creatively, that geopolitical and functional concerns are inter-related, and that it will take leadership to bring the two countries more decisively together. Here we attempt to pull together the key recommendations on cooperation in each of the chapters and conclude with some general observations about the possibility of cooperation that we abstract from the chapters as well as the conference discussions in Singapore where the papers were originally presented.
