Presentation titled, ‘India and China:Competition or Cooperation?’ at International Workshop on Recent Security Challenges in the Asia Pacific and India-China Relations, Institute of Chinese Communist Studies, Taipei, Taiwan, 30 July 2013.

Outline

What framework can we use to understand the current Sino-Indian relationship?

A.  two bookends of the relationship

• the boundary dispute
• the need for bilateral cooperation to both transform the current global order and to tackle their own internal problems

B.  the regular stuff in the relationship

• regular ‘incursions’ at the Line of Actual Control
• frequent high-level visits between leaders

C.  the irregular stuff in the relationship

• infrequently organized people-to-people exchanges in the form of cultural shows, film festivals, etc.
• sporadic attempts at military-to-military exchanges

D.  the framework Continue reading A Framework for Understanding Sino-Indian Ties →