Waiting Games

The Politics of Patience in Indo-Pacific Strategy
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-37378-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

This title examines strategic patience as a framework for understanding India-China relations and Indo-Pacific dynamics. It addresses conceptual foundations through relational approaches and historical analysis of pre-modern China's engagement strategies. The book also covers leadership decision-making, epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in bilateral relations, and:

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Examines strategic patience as a conceptual framework in India-China relations with focus on relational approaches and historical precedents

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Analyzes epistemic validation and cognitive flexibility in leadership decision-making within India-China relationship

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Addresses regional dimensions of strategic patience through ASEAN, SAARC and SCO institutional frameworks

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Covers cross-strait relations and Taiwan's strategic positioning in US-Taiwan dynamics

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Examines China's governance approach in Xinjiang and regional order shaping in Central Asia

This title has been co-published with Knowledge World Publishers. T&F does not sell or distribute the print versions in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri lanka.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Shih, Chih-yu

Marwah, Reena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Diplomatie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Strategic Patience in India-China Relations

Part I: Conceptualisation

2. A Relational Approach to Strategic Patience

3. From Annexation to Vassalisation: Pre-Modern China's Strategic Patience over the Korean Peninsula

4. Strategic Patience in Leadership: A Case of Epistemic Validation or Cognitive Flexibility in India-China Relationship

Part II: Regional boarders

5. Managing the Sino-India Relationship: How ASEAN Survives with Strategic Patience

6. Exploring the Role of SAARC and SCO as Catalysts in Promoting the Practices of Strategic Patience between India and China

7. Strategic Patience in India-China Interface: Shaping the Region from Indochina to the South China Sea

8. Taiwan's Strategic Patience: Redefining Cross-Strait Relations by Navigating US-Taiwan Relations

9. Navigating Geopolitical Waters: India's Approach to Strategic Patience in the Taiwan Straits

10. Strategic Patience Variations: China's Path to Govern Xinjiang and Shape Regional Order in Central Asia

Part III: Bilaterals

11. Strategic Patience in Nuclear Decision-making of China and India

12. An Analysis of China's Strategic Patience in China-India Border Negotiations Since 2020

13. Sino-Indian Economic Relations: Do Mutual Interests Demand Strategic Patience?

Über Autor(innen)

Chih-yu Shih is Professor at the School of Political Science and International Relations, Tongji University, and Professor Emeritus at National Taiwan University. His research covers international relations theory, cultural studies, intellectual history, and Confucianism. Recent publications include Relations and Roles in China's Internationalism, Confucian Governmentality and Socialist Autocracy in Contemporary China, and Post-Chineseness. He launched the journal Pluriversal International Relations in 2026.

Reena Marwah is former Professor at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, and currently affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania for the Advance Study of India. She is Secretary General of the Association of Asia Scholars and Founding Editor of Millennial Asia: An International Journal of Asian Studies. Her research focuses on Southeast Asian international relations and economic development.