The Bush administration concluded that India was the only state in the region that can check a runaway Chinese nuclear buildup. Japan is becoming closer to India because of fear of China, so much so, Luce said, that it could become a closer partner with India than it is with the United States.
China itself, meanwhile, is building a system of military bases around India known as the "string of pearls."
Luce cautioned his audience not to conclude India and China are on a collision course. Armed conflict, he said, isn't inevitable, but it's not inconceivable either.
— SCE
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