@article{1444287,
      recid = {1444287},
      author = {Westcott, Stephen P.,},
      title = {Armed coexistence : the dynamics of the intractable  Sino-Indian border dispute /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xxi, 301 pages) :},
      abstract = {This book is the first to comprehensively explore the  origins and reasons behind the Sino-Indian border disputes  intractability. Utilising an array of accurate maps,  tables, archival and scholarly research, this book shows  how an ambiguous frontier became a contested border and how  it has become relatively pacified yet remaining unresolved.  Unlike previous examinations, however, this book also  provides a theoretically based explanation as to why it is  so difficult for an interstate border dispute to be  resolved. By examining a wide range of salient actors, from  state leaders to the individual governing organisations to  the State itself, it is shown that it is usually in their  interest to maintain the status quo rather than seek some  form of resolution, thereby ensuring that the border  dispute remains intractable. With both China and India  shaping up to be major powers throughout the twenty-first  century, a detailed examination of the major issue of  contention between them is more pertinent now than ever.  Stephen P. Westcott received his Masters in International  Relations from the University of Western Australia and his  PhD in Politics from Murdoch University. His research  interests include Indo-Pacific geopolitics, South Asian  security and issues concerning terrorism/counter-terrorism.  Currently he is a postdoctoral research associate at  Murdoch University, where he teaches International  Relations and Global Security, and is the book review  editor for the Journal of Asian Security and International  Affairs.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1444287},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7450-1},
}