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China aims at a world order in which India is firmly established as a subordinate power.
It is clear that the old confidence building measures regime initiated in 1993 has broken down. Yet striving to sort out differences over where the LAC lies is the only way forward for Prime Minister Modi and President Xi.
India should expand its offensive capabilities in the cyber domain to counter the cyber attacks from China and Pakistan
To deal with its two-front war concern, India has successfully ramped up its connectivity projects in the Kashmir Valley and Ladakh
It has become apparent that there have been grave failures somewhere — but more likely in multiple places — in the Indian intelligence chain, as i
Despite reports of unarmed clashes between the Indian and Chinese soldiers and the fact that the stand-offs are taking place at more than one place �
On top of the violence and upheaval of Partition, the integration of more than 550 princely states, and a war with Pakistan over Kashmir, the British
The force planners in South Block must identify and execute issues and actions that make the existing forces more robust and lethal.
Sixty years ago, China provided India with actual map coordinates which delimited its claim line in eastern Ladakh. And the claim line shows the Chinese side is today trying to encroach westward, further into India.
Even those who had built their careers around the old institutional framework seems to have adjusted to the ‘new normal’ where the real stakeholde
Chinese maps do not show China’s territory extending to the point where the Galwan and Shyok rivers meet but the attempt to create new ‘facts on the ground’ suggests a new assertiveness.
If the Indian press statements are a signal to China, the message is clear: India is angry.
The 13th round of military commander’s talks between India and China will take place at Moldo today.
India will have to make changes at the strategic level in its posture and relationship with the PRC if China persists in holding on to its territorial
China’s actions in Ladakh since 2020 are in violation of common understandings and have brought the focus of bilateral relationship back to the issue of the border. This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of China’s behaviour along the India-China border by exploring a fresh perspective that explains the instability along the border as a function of China’s two-front conundrum. It makes a historical account of past events to arg
China’s ‘three warfares’ strategy (TWS)—understood as public opinion, psychological, and legal warfare—has received considerable attention, but most analyses focus on Beijing’s sovereign claim to Taiwan and its maritime claims in the South China Sea and the East China Sea. This occasional paper evaluates the manifestation of the TWS against India in Ladakh and China’s motivation for adopting the same approach in the Arctic and Antar
Not just India but others too are re-assessing the China threat and altering their stance accordingly
Various options are on the table, but given the bad experience in the pullback in June, there is need for caution.
While many will be content to lay the blame only on China, questions also need to be asked about the systemic shortcomings in strategic analysis and intelligence.
It has been a year since the Galwan clashes in Ladakh that led to the deaths of 20 Indians and 5 Chinese soldiers.
It is incumbent upon India to ensure that all possible assistance is being extended to the Bhutanese people.
While India and China continue their dialogue, tensions along the LAC remain high
Even if India wins, the situation may become more like Kargil.
Reports vary about the details of the latest talks, but there seems to be some optimism for an agreement.
It is not the first time that the militaries of the two countries have agreed to maintain calm at the border.
Talk of a “Tibet card” in India’s hands is not new, but is New Delhi likely to play it?
India & China want things to stabilise, but we aren’t close to achieving status quo ante of April in eastern Ladakh.
While the Chinese have kept us embroiled with their visa tactics in Arunachal, intrusions in Ladakh as part of an unsettled boundary issue, and nuclear plants to Pakistan, they have long endeavoured to seek access and presence south of the Himalayas. They appear to be succeeding in Nepal.
China’s bid to ‘internationalise’ the issue could push India to hurt its larger neighbour’s interests.
Was the new border clash ‘pre-planned’ & ‘carefully executed’? The use of Special Frontier Force is very telling.
Beijing needs to consider whether it wants to keep the pot boiling at the border
India must convince it that using LAC as pressure tool will yield diminishing returns
