Economist Arvind Subramanian's new book, Eclipse: Living in the Shadow of China's Economic Dominance, defies the mainstream consensus of thinkers like Harvard's Joseph S Nye, Jr (author of The Future of Power) and Niall Ferguson that America's dominance is omnipotent vis-a-vis China.
India has no intention of entering into a strategic alliance with the United States, but it has deep concerns over China's growing assertiveness towards New Delhi and the region as a whole, believes Dr Joseph S Nye, Jr.
'India-US relations seem to have soured when the US expected India to not only balance China in the Asia-Pacific, but also make concessions to Pakistan as a price for US technological help,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).