The Nexus of Naval Modernization in India and China: Strategic Rivalry and the Evolution of Maritime Power...

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Christopher K. Colley (Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, National Defence College of the United Arab Emirates)

The Nexus of Naval Modernization in India and China

Strategic Rivalry and the Evolution of Maritime Power

Christopher K. Colley (Assistant Professor of Security Studies, Assistant Professor of Security Studies, National Defence College of the United Arab Emirates)

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Oxford University Press
23 December 2022

Public administration; International relations; Diplomacy

Series: Oxford International Relations in South Asia

Naval modernization is an extremely expensive, time-consuming, and a relativelyrare phenomenon. Scholars have proposed various arguments to explain thisprocess ranging from bureaucratic politics, to nationalism, and to the securitydilemma. The Nexus of Naval Modernization in India and China demonstratesthat from 1990 until 2020, the primary driver of naval modernization resultedfrom a strategic rivalry. Key to strategic rivalries is perceived threat perceptionsthat cause decision makers to prepare for worst-case scenarios when tryingto decipher their enemy's behaviour. When a state believes it is threatened bya rival's naval power it is likely to pursue its own form of naval modernization forself-protection. Importantly, rivalries do not exist in a vacuum and are frequentlylinked. This project will reveal how the interconnected nature of rivalries canalso cause naval modernization. Through a close examination of scholarly works,government documents, and in-depth focused interviews with experts based inIndia, China, Australia, and the U.S. Colley argues that while strategic rivalry isnot the only driver of naval modernization, it is the most compelling explanation.

Other arguments are frequently embedded within the strategic rivalry modeland thus are best seen as only partial drivers. This study contributes to the rivalryresearch program as well as the policy and security studies literatures.

By: Christopher K. Colley (Assistant Professor of Security Studies Assistant Professor of Security Studies National Defence College of the United Arab Emirates)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192865595
ISBN 10: 0192865595
Series: Oxford International Relations in South Asia
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 23 December 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher K. Colley is an Assistant Professor of Security Studies at the National Defence College of the United Arab Emirates. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University Bloomington and holds a Master's degree from Renmin University of China. Dr. Colley was an inaugural Wilson Centre China Fellow and has lectured on Chinese politics, foreign policy and security at numerous universities and organizations including Indiana University, Renmin University, China Foreign Affairs College, and the Foreign Military Attaché Corps Club in Beijing. He has written extensively on Sino-Indian relations and has published numerous book chapters, reports and articles on the subject. He lived in China for over a decade and has visited all of China's provinces and political entities multiple times.