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Book Review: Stephan Frühling. 2014. Defense Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War

Book Review: Stephan Frühling. 2014. Defense Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next... Book Reviews 121 Yet despite the breadth of its analysis, Cold Peace is best described as compre- hensive but not complete exploration on the issues behind the Sino-Indian rivalry owing to the presence of several surprising gaps in Smith’s analysis. One notable topic absent in the discussion on the Sino-Indian relationship dynamics is the two countries’ engagement with the variety of international organizations that they are both involved with from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the BRICS Group to the G20. Another was the lack of a systematic exploration on the coun- tries where the two growing powers are competing for influence, namely Southeast Asia. The analysis of the economic aspects of the two countries’ rivalry is also relatively stunted in comparison to the political aspects. Smith acknow- ledges this as a failing in his book by declaring that his focus was primary geo- political and thus ‘a comprehensive look at the economic relationship not only falls outside of the limited focus of this work but is a task better handled by a trained economist’ (pp. 207–208). As such, any reader hoping for a nuanced analysis of the Sino-Indian rivalry will therefore likely be disappointed. Nonetheless, Smith has produced http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs SAGE

Book Review: Stephan Frühling. 2014. Defense Planning and Uncertainty: Preparing for the Next Asia-Pacific War

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Book Reviews 121 Yet despite the breadth of its analysis, Cold Peace is best described as compre- hensive but not complete exploration on the issues behind the Sino-Indian rivalry owing to the presence of several surprising gaps in Smith’s analysis. One notable topic absent in the discussion on the Sino-Indian relationship dynamics is the two countries’ engagement with the variety of international organizations that they are both involved with from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to the BRICS Group to the G20. Another was the lack of a systematic exploration on the coun- tries where the two growing powers are competing for influence, namely Southeast Asia. The analysis of the economic aspects of the two countries’ rivalry is also relatively stunted in comparison to the political aspects. Smith acknow- ledges this as a failing in his book by declaring that his focus was primary geo- political and thus ‘a comprehensive look at the economic relationship not only falls outside of the limited focus of this work but is a task better handled by a trained economist’ (pp. 207–208). As such, any reader hoping for a nuanced analysis of the Sino-Indian rivalry will therefore likely be disappointed. Nonetheless, Smith has produced

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Published: Apr 1, 2015

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