India, Nov. 15 -- In the evolving geopolitics of the 21st century, the idea that Asia might become a new global power centre is increasingly compelling. Within this vision, two giants - India and China - naturally stand out. But rather than framing their roles in adversarial terms, what if India and China developed a cooperative relationship, each strong and independent, yet mutually respectful and supportive? What if that sort of partnership became the axis of Asia's rise - not a bipolar rivalry, but a constructive bipolarity? We explore that possibility: how it might come about, what it would look like, what the core factors of success and failure are and how this might translate into Asia becoming the world's strategic fulcrum.

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