Between Rising Powers: China, Singapore, and India

Between Rising Powers: China, Singapore, and India
ISBN-10
9812304142
ISBN-13
9789812304148
Category
Political Science
Pages
333
Language
English
Published
2007
Publisher
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Author
Asad Latif

Description

Geography has moulded Singapore's self-definition, much as it has shaped the contours of the rest of Southeast Asia, a region that lies south of China and east of India. Placed within overlapping Sinic and Indic zones, Singapore's "entrept" role has served both. Today, as China and India emerge simultaneously as rising powers, a port city is going beyond its trading role to engage them in political and security terms. This book combines diplomatic history and international relations theory to show how Singapore is facilitating China's and India's engagement of Southeast Asia.

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