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This book analyses the acquisition of oil blocks by Indian and Chinese oil corporations in eleven West African countries. It describes the differences in how India and China mobilise oil externally to meet their respective goals and objectives.
List of contents
Part I Introduction
Part II Conceptual framework and background
1. Neoclassical Realsim
2. India and China in Africa and West Africa
Part III India and China
3. India and China: difference in power and political economies
4. Oil industry in India and China
Part IV Case Studies
5. India and China in Angola
6. India and China in Nigeria
7. India and China in eight countries in West Africa
Part V Conclusion
About the author
Dr Raj Verma is Assistant Professor in International Relations at the School of International and Public Affairs at Jilin University, China. His research is focused on India’s and China’s foreign policy and comparative political economy, India and China in Africa, India-China-US relations and international relations theory.
Summary
This book analyses the acquisition of oil blocks by Indian and Chinese oil corporations in eleven West African countries. It describes the differences in how India and China mobilise oil externally to meet their respective goals and objectives.
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'Prof. Verma has indeed undertaken an extraordinary study in a record time replete with academic references and records of interviews with the leading personalities involved in policymaking.'
K. Subramanian, Chennai Centre for China Studies
"Breaks new ground [...] Its research and arguments lend it methodological rigour."
Arpita Anant, Asian Affairs
