Category: War and Conflict

• Book : China’s Search for ‘National Rejuvenation’: Domestic and Foreign Policies under Xi Jinping

  Asian perspectives on China’s domestic and foreign policies

• 印中關係新常態

  固然，中印雙邊關係不僅僅是邊界爭端，但印度也越來越清楚，中國不願意考慮合作的潛在利益.

• LAC Standoff: Do Not Expand Ambit of Talks

  Talks with China should be limited to and led by military commanders under political supervision with staff support from Indian foreign ministry officials if necessary

• एक ‘न्यू नॉर्मल’

  अभी आर-पार का संघर्ष शायद ही हो, लेकिन अब यह नई सामान्य बात है कि दुरूह चोटियों पर पूरे साल सैनिक रहेंगे, मौसम-दुश्मन दोनों से जनहानि होती रहेगी

• The Great Chinese Anxiety

  The Chinese people are anxious. The Communist Party of China (CPC) that governs them even more so.

• India, China and their Accelerating Cold Wars

  Chinese transgressions along the LAC indicate a significant breakdown of long-standing bilateral agreements and can be considered a tipping point. The situation will likely result in a variegated set of cold wars between India and China.

• Confused and Confusing: The PM’s Official Statements About 15 June

  Prime Minister Modi’s statement at the All Party Meeting on 19 June ended up casting doubt on India’s own behaviour and claims along the LAC and actually encourages further Chinese assertiveness all along disputed sectors on the LAC as well as the temptation to open up fresh disputes.

• Belligerence and Silence: Explaining Chinese Actions Along the LAC in Ladakh

  What should be concerning in the wake of Galwan and the reported loss of lives also of Chinese troops, is that Beijing will now be particularly prone to viewing any Indian action as provocative and seek to respond in an overwhelming manner as a way of saving face.

• Reorienting India’s China Policy Towards Greater Transparency

  The deaths of Indian soldiers along the LAC at Galwan is a watershed moment in India-China ties. If the relationship is not to spin out of control, India needs to develop military, economic and intellectual muscle certainly but also adopt transparency and openness to questions as a central plank of the reworking of its China…