India's strategic policy towards rise of Chinese hegemony

Subject Areas : International Relations

Reza Ekhtiari Amiri ¹ , Javad Shafaghatnia Abad ²

1 - Assistant Professor, University of Mazandaran
2 - Phd student of IR at University of Mazandaran

Received: 2022-10-07 Accepted : 2023-12-20 Published : 2023-11-22

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Abstract :

As China seeks to introduce itself as a regional hegemon and a global influential power through the creation of a new economic order and the expansion of the political and security sphere, India seeks to overshadow China's interests and hegemonic behavior by adopting various policies. While the achievements of the Modi government in foreign policy have made India a big and influential power in the region and the international system. Taking these considerations into consideration, the question that arises is, "What policies has India and especially Modi's government put on the foreign policy agenda to counter China's hegemony?" The hypothesis is raised on the basis that India has created challenges and limitations in the political, military, economic and cultural dimensions for the China's hegemony through policies such as non-commitment, action towards the East, first neighborhood and multilateralism in the international system. This study has used a qualitative method based on an exploratory data analysis (EDA) . In the present study, data is qualitative and has been extracted from library and internet sources. Also, Kenneth Waltz's theory of balance of power has been used for the purpose of scientific and theoretical analysis of the research problem.