Tag: boundary dispute
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Explaining the India-China Standoff at Doklam: Causes and Implications
‘Explaining the India-China Standoff at Doklam: Causes and Implications’, Aakrosh, Vol. 20, No. 77, October 2017, pp. 60-76. Extract: In mid-June 2017, India and China began a long standoff in the Doklam area of Bhutan that came to an end only in late August. The crisis originated when a Chinese road-building party moved into an…
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The Doklam Standoff and After: Whither India-China Relations?
What explains China’s high-decibel campaign of vilification against India in the wake of the Doklam standoff?
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In the Wake of Doklam: India-China Relations Entering a New Phase
The basic principle of standing up to China’s bullying behaviour must be clear and unadulterated coming from India. In the long run only this will prevent more such incidents as Doklam.
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India-China Standoff in Bhutan: Explanation and Prognosis
It should not surprise Indian defence planners if the Chinese test and prod the Indian military by opening up road-building, patrolling and other forms of activity in areas along the disputed boundary that have hitherto remained dormant or not seen any such activity at all.
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Doklam Standoff: Not Forgetting Bhutan
One of the ways the Doklam incident should be read is as a way of China putting pressure to end the special nature of the India-Bhutan relationship.
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Explaining Action and Reaction on Doklam
India can expect LAC incursions by China to continue, even pick up pace, and to display a qualitatively different nature in the coming months and years.
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When Religion and Politics Mix: The Dalai Lama and India-China Relations
There is no real Tibet card for New Delhi to play and India ignores its own Buddhists while supporting the Dalai Lama.
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1962: A Very Particular View
Review of Shiv Kunal Verma’s ‘1962: The War That Wasn’t’