Rivalries in Asia

Threat inflation pertains to policymakers exaggerating the threat posed by the external enemy to drum up domestic support for initiatives related often to military spending and expanded foreign policy activity. According to him, the independent existence of Taiwan challenges the domestic legitimacy...

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Published in:Economic and political weekly 2013-11, Vol.48 (44), p.35-36
Main Author: MUDIAM, PRITHVI RAM
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cold War
Cooperation
Foreign policy
Geopolitics
Influence
International relations-US
Militancy
Politics
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Summary:Threat inflation pertains to policymakers exaggerating the threat posed by the external enemy to drum up domestic support for initiatives related often to military spending and expanded foreign policy activity. According to him, the independent existence of Taiwan challenges the domestic legitimacy of the Chinese Communist Party by undermining its version of history of having won a decisive victory against the Kuomintang in 1949 in the Chinese civil war. According to Pardesi, the source of their rivalry is the "overlapping spheres of influence in South, Central and South East Asia". [...]in a typical realist tradition, the book focuses on rivalries and potentialities for conflict rather than cooperation in Asia in spite of some encouraging trends in that direction in the recent past.
ISSN:0012-9976
2349-8846