India, China and the United States. Nonaligment or Engagement: Draft paper for the Research Workshop: The Changing Dynamics of Conflict in South Asia, 18-19 October 2012, Dublin City University, Dublin Ireland.

This paper has a modest aim in the sense that it first explores the new geopolitical motives of the United States in the Asia-Pacific. It then delves into the concept of strategic triangle; thirdly, the paper explores China and India’s relations and responses to the new US policy; then focus turns to the implications for conflict and security in South Asia and finally, it offers some tentative conclusions on the recent shifts in interactions between these core players in the emerging world order.