Originally published as ‘Vikram Misri’s Beijing visit underlines India’s limited options’, Deccan Herald, 4 February 2025. At the end of January, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited China in the latest step in an unfolding thaw in the bilateral relationship. It should be clear, however, from the statements put out by each side on the meeting …
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New India-China Patrolling Agreement: More Questions from Kazan
Originally published as, ‘Path to normalisation of India-China ties not easy’, Deccan Herald, 26 October 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping held “their first proper bilateral meeting at delegation level in nearly five years” on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.[1] Coming in the wake of an announcement earlier …
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A Patrolling Agreement and Some Questions
Originally published as ‘An agreement, some questions’ The Indian Express, 23 October 2024. p.11. Published online as ‘India-China agreement is welcome — but we don’t know enough’. Indian Foreign Secretary Vikrim Misri announced on Monday that India and China had reached “an agreement … on patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control…leading to disengagement …
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Thinking about China in India 