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China and the United States have developed a complex relationship. Facing common threats such as missile proliferation and regional instability, they tend to collaborate for mutual benefit. However, the two countries have hedged against each other for their respective national interests, often acting so as to reinforce each other's negative security perceptions. Their security dynamism in missile defense and antisatellite (ASAT) operations has furthered their mutual distrust. This article addresses their security dilemmas by suggesting that China and the United States take a more trusting view of each other's missile defense program, whether at the research and development stage or at deployment. They must develop such systems in an approach of mutual reassurance, allowing a degree of reciprocal vulnerability in order to avoid an arms race. An interim partial space security arrangement is also proposed here, namely, a limited ASAT ban for satellite security in outer space, to soothe respective security concerns and meet each country's present need. (Asian Perspect/GIGA)

China and India have had largely peaceful relations over thousands of years. However, despite having long ago agreed to coexist on the basis of peaceful coexistence, border disputes have marred their relationship. More recently, the two countries have declared a strategic partnership and strengthened their economic interaction; but they suspect each other on a range of issues besides their border, such as the Dalai Lama, nuclear proliferation, and the policies of Pakistan and the United States. This article suggests ways to moderate Sino-Indian tensions by offering some non-realist approaches. It proposes peaceful coexistence as a higher priority than national sovereignty. It suggests how Beijing and New Delhi may forge a constructive partnership, a process they have already started. (Asian Perspect/GIGA)

Western nations are willing participants in the eastward shift of international power. Businesses and consumers benefit from the investment opportunities and low-labour costs. But industralising countries need to be aware of western sensitivities to the power shift, respecting international norms during their ascent. Adapted from the source document.