Balancing against China with the Asia-Africa growth corridor: an Indian-Japanese initiative towards the Indo-Pacific

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  • João Paulo Nicolini Gabriel ost-Graduate Program in International Relations San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP).
  • Carlos Eduardo Carvalho Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Post-Graduate Program in International Relations San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). Graduate Program in Economics, Federal University of ABC - UFABC.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.87232

Palabras clave:

Indo-Pacific, India, Japan

Resumen

This paper aims to analyse whether the Indian-Japanese initiative Asia-Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC) can be considered a strategy to curb China's supposed capacity of diplomatically isolating its regional rivals while attempting to consolidate the Indo-Pacific as an area of influence. The hypothesis is that, in a moment of uncertainty over United States’ commitment with their Asian traditional partners and allies, India and Japan are encouraged to develop new mechanisms to balance against China. According to the Realist school of International Relations, India and Japan will virtually seek manners to balance against China in order to defend their interests. This paper develops the argument using the concepts of ‘balancing of threat’ and ‘soft balancing’ to describe the strategies developed by these countries within the Indo-Pacific.

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Biografía del autor/a

João Paulo Nicolini Gabriel, ost-Graduate Program in International Relations San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP).

Master's canditate in International Relations at the Post-Graduate Program in International Relations San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP).Graduated in International Relations from PUC-SP. Researcher linked to the Nucleus of Studies on the United States' Foreign Policy, the Nucleus of Studies and International Analyses from UNESP, and the Research Committee 14 Politics and Ethnicity of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).

Carlos Eduardo Carvalho, Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP). Post-Graduate Program in International Relations San Tiago Dantas (UNESP, UNICAMP, PUC-SP). Graduate Program in Economics, Federal University of ABC - UFABC.

Graduated in Economic Sciences from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (1983) and holds a PhD in Economics  from the State University of Campinas (1996).He is currently an Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Department of Economics and Post-Graduation Program in International Relations, São Tiago Dantas (Unesp, Unicamp, PUC / SP).He is a contributing professor of the Graduate Program in Economics of the Federal University of ABC - UFABC.

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Publicado

2018-12-31

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Nicolini Gabriel, J. P., & Carvalho, C. E. (2018). Balancing against China with the Asia-Africa growth corridor: an Indian-Japanese initiative towards the Indo-Pacific. Conjuntura Austral, 9(48), 115–131. https://doi.org/10.22456/2178-8839.87232

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