Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction: China, India and the New Asian Drama Lam Peng Er and Lim Tai Wei -- Chapter Summaries -- The Future of India and China's Rise -- Chapter 2 The Rise of China: Conflict or Harmony in East Asia? Ding Dou -- The Realist Approach -- The Institutionalization Approach -- The Constructivism Approach -- Uncertain Development of China -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Emerging India and China: Potentials and Constraints K. M. Seethi -- India and China: Development Trajectories -- Emerging India: Challenges -- India and China in the New 'Asian Century' -- Chapter 4 The Rise of China and India and Its Implications for Southeast Asia: A Philippine Perspective Noel M. Morada -- Introduction -- Imaging the Rise of China and India: Competition for Influence and Regional Power Rivalry -- Competing economic interests -- Regional power rivalry -- ASEAN and the Rise of China and India: Implications for the Philippines, ASEAN, and East Asia72 -- Relations with the Philippines: China ahead of India -- Southeast Asia and "soft power" capabilities of China and India -- Exploring cooperation in non-traditional security issues -- Breaking the impasse in Myanmar -- Norm building and East Asia community -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Negotiating the Rise of Asia - A Perspective from Malaysia's Relations with India and China Johan Saravanamuttu -- Introduction -- Positioning Towards China and India -- China, India and the Look East Policy, 1980s-1990s -- Security Issues -- Managing the China-India Ascendancy -- Concluding Remarks -- Chapter 6 A Japanese Perspective on the Rise of China and India: Opportunities, Concerns, and Potential Threats Minoru Koide -- Introduction -- Enhanced Economic Chances -- Development of Multilateral Institutions and Frameworks in East Asia -- After US Hegemony? A Balancer Role Between China and India.

Three Concerns -- Japan passing or nothing -- Environmental burdens -- Political instability as a result of widening economic gap -- Three Threats -- NPT dominos -- Sino-US rivalry -- Russo-Chinese-Indian military triangle -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 The Rise of China and India: Geo-political Narratives from the Singapore Perspective Lim Tai Wei -- Chapter 8 The Rise of China and India and Its Implications for Southeast Asia: A Thai Perspective Prapat Thepchatree -- Rise of China and its Implications to Asia246 -- Military power -- Economic power -- Cultural power -- China's grand strategy259 -- China, US, and Southeast Asia -- US grand strategy towards China: containment policy260 -- China-US economic competition in Southeast Asia262 -- China-US political and security competition in Southeast Asia263 -- China-ASEAN Relations -- Chinese strategy towards ASEAN -- ASEAN strategy towards China -- The rise of India -- Comparing the rise of China and India -- Chindia? -- Economic competition -- Geopolitical competition -- Military competition -- Sino-Indian competition in Southeast Asia -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.