Tag Archives: Indian foreign policy

Military CBMs, Bilateral Agreements and the Sino-Indian Relationship

This essay examines the key agreements concluded between India and China in the post-Cold War era with implications for their boundary dispute and bilateral military CBMs.

Sino-Indian Military CBMs: Efficacy and Influences

What is the state of current military CBMs between India and China?How have these held up to the pressures of recent years?

India and China’s Neighbours: Carefully Does It

The recent visits of Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to Vietnam are signs of a growing convergence of concerns that these countries have about China. But no strategic grouping can be sustainable without also developing linkages at multiple levels.

A US-India-China Trilateral? Big Promise but Dim Prospects

A US-India-China trilateral dialogue based on traditional security considerations is not likely to get very far. Therefore, start with non-traditional security issues of common concern.

Bhutan in a China Teacup

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.

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.

Buddhism in India’s Soft Power Quiver

Soft-power diplomacy involving Buddhism is smart politics by India and could form part of a larger ideational turn in its outreach to the world. If this is coalition-building, it is not targeted against China or the Chinese people but against authoritarianism everywhere.