Bhutan seems willing to accept the Chinese offer of conceding Bhutanese claims in its north in return for letting China have disputed areas in the Chumbi Valley in the west. However, such a concession has huge security implications for India.
Category Archives: Foreign Policy
India’s China Policy: Time to Overcome Political Drift
New Delhi’s China policy, and indeed its foreign policy, should be based on interactions with and support from a citizenry well-informed and knowledgeable about China.
India and Myanmar: Some Chinese Perceptions and Linkages
China’s and India’s relations with Myanmar are complicated by sub-national interests and some of the results of Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Naypyitaw reflect this reality.
Chen Guangcheng: One Blind Man in a Tale of Two Governments
What the Chen Guangcheng case says about Sino-US relations.
India-Taiwan Relations: Slow and Steady Does It
Interview published by the World Politics Review’s Global Insider on 20 April 2012.
Chinese Claims on Arunachal: A Consequence of the Sino-Tibetan Dispute
In the mid-1980s, the core of the boundary dispute for China shifted eastward to Arunachal Pradesh. At least three possible reasons can be highlighted for this new Chinese emphasis. .
The BRICS Challenge: Converting Rhetoric to Leadership
Can the BRICS really be an effective, united and leading voice in the global economy? Is the BRICS grouping a challenge to the existing Western-dominated global order? The Fourth BRICS Summit that concluded in Delhi in late February has not quite answered these larger questions.
To Intervene or Not to Intervene?
There is debate within China on whether the country is truly ready to take up a more active political role internationally and whether in the rush to get involved, it might not end up damaging its long-term interests.
Institutionalizing the BCIM: The Next Steps
What institutions does BCIM need at the Track-1 level for achieving greater integration and coordination of mutually beneficial activities across borders? Is transnational governance is the ultimate goal? Will sub-national governments in the 4 countries be actively involved?
Thinking about China in India 