The Sino-Indian relationship is today, bigger than the boundary dispute and the resolution of the dispute does not by itself guarantee smooth sailing for the future. Far from it.
Category Archives: War and Conflict
Shifting Equilibrium: Explaining Sino-Indian Relations since 2005
Sino-Indian relations remain stable broadly speaking despite all the tensions and what is more after every such occasion, the relationship climbs up a notch, moving to a new level of stability. This has been particularly evident since 2005.
Q&A: The India-China Border Conflict
Interview originally published by the World Politics Review’s Global Insider on 23 November 2011.
Emerging Regional Architectures in Asia
In the case of Russia-India-China trilateral, the domestic political orientation of each country contributes fundamentally to its perceptions and views of the objectives and functions of regional organizations.
China’s Defence White Papers: A Political Reading
While studying the military aspects of China’s National Defense White Papers, Indian policymakers and military planners must pay attention to the political elements of this document in order to achieve a fuller more accurate understanding of China’s intentions.
The Age of the Lilliputians
The Asian century might not be so much about China and India as their neighbours who get these giants to behave themselves.
Reimagining Tibet in Sino-Indian Relations
With the boundary dispute ongoing, India needs to adopt a dual policy of continuing to close the military gap with China while creating incentives for cooperation.
China-Pakistan Relations after Osama bin Laden
Domestic instability in Pakistan, the continuing spread of religious radicalism from Pakistan into China, and threats to Chinese economic interests are conditions that would amplify the need for Beijing to take a sterner line with its “all-weather friend”. This could well be a serious dilemma confronting the Chinese leadership at some point in the near future.
Hillary Clinton’s India Visit: Chinese Elephant in the Room
If “much of the history of the 21st century will be written in Asia”, then New Delhi will need to find the energy and resources to focus not just on its troubled western frontiers but also on its sprawling and diverse eastern neighbourhood.
Thinking about China in India 