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Author Profile

Dr. Mohammad Monir Alam is former Director, Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, University of Jammu, Jammu. After completing his Doctorate from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, he served as Fellow at Maulana Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata. After joining University of Jammu in 2002, he has been actively engaged in teaching and research. Besides co editing a book on Central Asia: Present Challenges and Future Prospects; he has authored four books namely: Russia and Tajikistan: Political and Security Relationship; Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Constitutional Status and Political Reality; Revival of the Silk Route: Growing Role of India; and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir: Internal Dynamics and Externalities; and one monograph as Brig. Rajinder Singh Paper on "Origin, Evolution and Development of Security Studies". The author has published many research papers in journals and books of national and international repute on diverse themes like Geopolitics of Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Strategic and Security Studies and India's Energy Security. He is also Editor of biannual international refereed journal Security and Society as well as ACROSS LOC, a quarterly digest on developments in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

About The Book

China and India have had an uncertain relationship all through the 20th century and up to the present day. During the anticolonial period, many Chinese and Indians were inspired by each other; Tagore, for instance, had a major influence in China. China is Pakistan's largest defence supplier. The most significant development in ChinaPakistan military cooperation occurred in 1992 when China supplied Pakistan with 34 shortrange ballistic M 11 missiles. Recent sales of conventional weapons to Pakistan include aircraft, JF17 production facilities, F22P frigates with helicopters, K8 jet trainers, T85 tanks, F7 aircraft, small arms, and ammunition. The relation of nuclear India with nuclear China differs fundamentally from the relation with nuclear Pakistan. It is, on the one hand, less hostile and free from the kind of tension that makes a PakistanIndia confrontation an ever present possibility. In July 2009 China and India concluded their th round of border talks with a widerge of agreements such as the instal on of a hot line between the Chine and Indian capitals, an agreement to celebrate 60 years of diplomitic ties next year, etc. As the book addresses this crucial issue quite deftly, it is hoped that it would prove to be a source of great information for the reader.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. India and China Relations 2. The Current Relationship between India and China 3. Pakistan and China Relations 4. China and Pakistan Defence Relations 5. ChinaIndia Ocean Relations 6. India and Pakistan Relations 7. IndiaPakistan Security Relationship Bibliography Index