The rivalry between India and China now shapes trade routes, border policy and alliance choices across the continent, and Kingshuk Nag traces how it reached this point. Strategy and history are read together rather than separately.
Nag works through border tensions, infrastructure programmes and diplomatic manoeuvring, including the reach of China's Belt and Road ambitions, and connects each to earlier episodes that explain present positions. Regional security and economic interest are treated as linked rather than parallel concerns. The book stays concise and avoids speculation, which makes complex international affairs readable for someone new to the subject.
Core ground it covers:
• The long arc of India-China relations up to recent tensions
• Belt and Road infrastructure and its regional consequences
• Security and economic interests examined side by side
• A concise treatment written for non-specialists
Suited to political science students, researchers and readers of international affairs, available in English at Boipoka.