Patience in Indic and Sinic Strategic Cultures

This book studies the theoretically unattended yet practically familiar strategic style that Taiwanese/Chinese and Indian civilizations vividly exhibit, namely strategic patience. The chapters analyze Sino-India, China-Taiwan, and Indo-Pacific security issues in symmetric and asymmetric conflict resolution through this lens, thereby contributing to both IR theorization and foreign policymaking. Theoretically, this volume brings forth the civilizational component to demonstrate how cosmological sensibilities of long-term relations explain the adoption of non-solution to disputes. Practically, it shows how the use of non-solution constrains the escalation of conflict in both symmetric (India-China) asymmetric (Taiwan-China) relations but proceeds differently – the two major issues in the Indo-Pacific security agenda. Regional groupings including ASEAN, SCO, SAARC and the South China Sea, are also discussed, especially within the ambit of Sino-India interactions. Chih-yu Shih is Professor, School of Political Science and International Relations, Tongji University. He teaches China studies, anthropology of knowledge and international relations theory. He has devoted his academic career to researching, teaching, and writing on the cultural and political agency of human society in Asia. He is a well-known scholar with several publications that consistently challenge the mainstream views on the law of human behavior and gather evidence of human agency from developing countries. Swaran Singh is a Professor at the Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi), President of Association of Asia Scholars. He has been formerly visiting professor/scholar at University of British Columbia (Vancouver), Australian National University (Canberra), Science Po (Bordeaux, France) University of Peace (Costa Rica), Peking, Fudan and Xiamen Universities among others. He has several publications to his credit. Reena Marwah is a Professor at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. She has published over 20 books as well as several articles and book chapters. Her latest authored book is India-Philippines Relations: Intersecting Interests, Shared Vision and Way forward, by Routledge. She is the founding editor of Millennial Asia, a quarterly journal on Asian Studies of the Association of Asia Scholars.