Competition gives way to cooperation:rethinking Sino-Indian relations in climate change negotiations  

作　　者：Guangyu Qiao 

机构地区：[1]School of International Relations and Public Affairs,Fudan University

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Population,Resources and Environment》2014年第4期324-329,共6页中国人口·资源与环境（英文版）

摘　　要：In global climate change politics,China and India have worked closely with each other,representing two big emitters from the developing world.This article reviews Sino-Indian cooperation during four UN climate change negotiations from 2009 to 2012.Their collaboration echoed the perception of neorealism in international relations(IR) studies that states will seek "external balancing" for maximizing national "relative gains".China and India are expected to continue their cooperation on climate change issues when sharing the same structural position as big economies and big emitters,the same pressure in carbon emission reductions,and the same goal of improving living standards for their citizens.Encountering the devastating impacts of climate change and the deadlock in responsibility division in current global climate change governance,this work seeks to shed light on the evolving multilateral governance environment and its complex implications for Sino-Indian relations from an IR perspective.In global climate change politics,China and India have worked closely with each other,representing two big emitters from the developing world.This article reviews Sino-Indian cooperation during four UN climate change negotiations from 2009 to 2012.Their collaboration echoed the perception of neorealism in international relations(IR) studies that states will seek 'external balancing' for maximizing national 'relative gains'.China and India are expected to continue their cooperation on climate change issues when sharing the same structural position as big economies and big emitters,the same pressure in carbon emission reductions,and the same goal of improving living standards for their citizens.Encountering the devastating impacts of climate change and the deadlock in responsibility division in current global climate change governance,this work seeks to shed light on the evolving multilateral governance environment and its complex implications for Sino-Indian relations from an IR perspective.

关 键 词：China-India COOPERATION climate change NEGOTIATIONS NEOREALISM relative GAINS 

分 类 号：D822.335.1[政治法律—政治学] P467[政治法律—外交学]