Published in association with Centre de Sciences Humaines, New Delhi This Book is an attempt to collate Indian perspectives on the multifaceted themes and sectors of China-Pakistan strategic cooperation. China-Pakistan ties have been a major obsession amongst Indian opinion and policy-makers. However, this obsession remains restricted to Chinas transfers of sensitive technologies while the essential backdrop that has sustained such a unique axis has never been explored with sufficient rigour. Especially, given the secrecy that shrouds these transfers of missiles and nuclear material, technologies and know-how, occasional outbursts in Indian media remains vulnerable to political populism, emotional outrage and to calculated Western media leaks. These trigger flashes of interest but no substantive follow up debates or dedicated research for evolving Indias policy options. It is this essential gap that this volume tries to fill and generate a serious debate on contours and implications of ChinaPakistan relations.
The project locates itself primarily in the new context where the events following 9/11 and the growing IndiaChina and IndiaPakistan understanding seems to undermine ChinaPakistan axis and looks forward to future challenges. In addition to providing a wealth of information and analysis on this subject of critical importance, this volume aims at shedding populism and bursting several myths that continue to surround Indian debates on ChinaPakistan strategic cooperation.