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The end of cold war had marked a beginning of new world order. China and India became significant
actors for their gradual rise into great stature in international politics. The developments in international
politics such as terrorism had posed threats and open economic policy created new opportunities.
Those developments required cooperation among the US. China and India. The relations among the
three nations had been conceptualized as strategic triangle following the realist school of international
politics where US was perceived as the pivot actor. The objective of the study was to map the content
of relationship among US. China and India through a historical perspective. Consequently, an attempt
was made to predict the possible direction of this triangular relations and motives for such relations
resulted in new type world order characterized by multipolar powers while United States remaining as
the super power in the foreseeable future. The data for the study was collected through secondary
sources and they had been descriptive presented to identify evolving trends of relations among the
three nations. The study had concluded that Chinese and Indian ascendancy would displace US as the
super power in the 21st Century.
Key Words: China, India, United States, Triangular Relationship, Conflict, Cooperation
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