India needs to give Ladakh greater agency in order to ensure that this region can function as its pivot to Central Asia and to challenge Chinese domination there.
Tag Archives: Ladakh
1962: A Very Particular View
Review of Shiv Kunal Verma’s ‘1962: The War That Wasn’t’
Infrastructure Development along India’s Borders with China
Indian infrastructure development in its border areas is a complex mix of national security considerations, political gamesmanship and economic rent-seeking
The Ladakh Stand-off: What it Says (or Doesn’t) about China’s India Policy and India’s China Policy
While the Ladakh incident was eventually resolved by a combination of military-to-military meetings and diplomatic interactions, three aspects stand out.
The Ladakh ‘Incursion’: Chinese Actions and Indian Lessons
The ‘incursion’ by Chinese soldiers in the Depsang Plains in Ladakh raises some fundamental questions about the Sino-Indian boundary dispute and about Indian and Chinese policies.
Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Provinces/States as Ice-Breakers
The solution to both the political and economic discontent of Chinese provinces and Indian states as well as the unresolved boundary dispute between the two countries could be to allow their provinces greater freedom to interact with each other in terms of people-to-people and economic contacts
The Future of Kashmir: China and Kashmir
While China has continued military support to Pakistan even during military conflicts and near-conflicts between India and Pakistan, its stance on Kashmir has shifted gradually in response to the prevailing domestic, regional, and international situations.
Thinking about China in India 