.... As Chapter 4 shows, the two leaders reached significant convergence on several Cold War issues, including their support for the concept of “areas of peace” and their opposition to what they saw as Washington’s aggressive containment in Asia. Zhou was also able to allay Indian fears of Chinese expansionism...

... concern in the late summer of 1954 was the direction of Western policy in Asia. The American decision to establish SEATO in September 1954 strengthened his conviction that the United States, rather than China, hindered his efforts to create a regional area of peace. It was at this point that he began...

... importance for India’s regional calculations and his realisation that such a conference could serve as a platform to promote an alternative approach to regional relations centred around areas of peace and peaceful coexistence. Although Nehru refrained from publicly discussing the prospect of inviting China...

... to means notion of Kashmir war 1947–8 Kennedy Andrew inter bloc security dilemma sustainable security East Bengal crisis of 1950 Formosa crisis of 1954–5 Indochina crisis peacemaker role Asia internationalism nationalism national interest geopolitics area of peace balance of power...

... concept of Bowles Chester Acheson Dean Nixon Richard Sino Soviet rivalry split geopolitics geopolitical Mackinder H J Spykman Nicholas Taiwan Straits crisis first offshore islands crisis US–China relations East China Sea Western Pacific peacemaking Bandung area of peace Asian geopolitics...

.... The Geneva settlement reduced fears among smaller powers that China would intervene in Indo-China and weakened their incentives to join a US-sponsored mutual security alliance. It also deprived China of a rationale for its own expansion to meet a US threat. The “area of peace” thereby served India’s...

... area of peace 2 Standing midway between Europe and the Pacific, India is the trustee and guardian of liberty; it is the lighthouse by which all men who love liberty shape their course. An impressive responsibility, yet what an opportunity! — Stanley Reed (1952 : 251–2) India...

... Provisional Government of the Republic of Algeria Somalia Sudan Yemen Bandung Conference Zhou Enlai Jawaharlal Nehru Asian-African internationalism Asian-African summits Second Bandung Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence Neutralism Area of Peace Jawaharlal [Nehru] brought Chou...