Nature of state and bi-lateral relationship: An analysis of hegemonic China and democratic India
- Bihar Journal of Public Administration
- 21(1), Jan-Jun, 2024: p.137-147
The present global scenario has been dominated by nations’ economic cause reflected in the relationship based on trade and commerce irrespective of nature of trading states. But here is the question as to how do the states having opposite nature reach to a right choice for mutual engagement? The rising centrality of China in geo-political and geo-economic spheres motivates the nations of the world to understand China correctly. Meanwhile, China has enough strategic depth to experiment with both development models- domestic demand management and investment-led development effectively. As such, the present study aims to analyse the nature and philosophy of the state in China to enable the right choices for India to engage in. To meet the objective, we shall use the realist and relativist method that employs sociological determinism to analyse the nature of the state by assuming the state as an individual entity in a globalised world. It is a novel attempt to employ a social science method to analyse the nature and philosophy of a state and draw input for India to manage its relationship with China. – Reproduced