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Critically analyze the implications of Sino American strategic rivalry for the South and South-East Asian region.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 15 marks
  • Changing International Political Order

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Talk of a "new Cold War" between the United States and China is most concrete in the Indo-Pacific, the two-ocean space joining South and South-East Asia. The region's states gain bargaining power from the rivalry and bear its costs; almost none has chosen a side.

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  • South-East Asia: prosperity under pressure
  • South Asia: a more varied picture
  • A critical analysis
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