Category: Borders

• Sino-Indian Relations: Beyond Symbolism and Beyond Belligerence

  Progress in Sino-Indian relations will require patience and creativity in spades.

• A Framework for Understanding Sino-Indian Ties

  What framework can we use to understand the current Sino-Indian relationship?

• Military CBMs, Bilateral Agreements and the Sino-Indian Relationship

  This essay examines the key agreements concluded between India and China in the post-Cold War era with implications for their boundary dispute and bilateral military CBMs.

• Sino-Indian Military CBMs: Efficacy and Influences

  What is the state of current military CBMs between India and China?How have these held up to the pressures of recent years?

• The Ladakh Stand-off: What it Says (or Doesn’t) about China’s India Policy and India’s China Policy

  While the Ladakh incident was eventually resolved by a combination of military-to-military meetings and diplomatic interactions, three aspects stand out.

• The Ladakh ‘Incursion’: Chinese Actions and Indian Lessons

  The ‘incursion’ by Chinese soldiers in the Depsang Plains in Ladakh raises some fundamental questions about the Sino-Indian boundary dispute and about Indian and Chinese policies.

• Issues and Considerations in Connectivity Projects in the BCIM Region

  There are several lessons to be drawn from the implementation of physical connectivity infrastructure projects in the underdeveloped sub-region where the borders of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and China meet

• The Search for a Chinese Model of International Relations

  The contradictions evident in China’s neighbourhood foreign policy reflect its continuing search for a model of international relations that can balance its domestic interests and external ambitions.

• Chinese Defence Minister’s Visit to India: Seeking opportunity amid crises

  Chinese Defence Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie’s visit to India highlighted four important issues in the Sino-Indian bilateral relationship – the AfPak situation, the boundary dispute, bilateral military cooperation, and Chinese views about the Indian media.