Chinese Defence Minister’s Visit: To What End for India?

Instead of half-baked attempts at military diplomacy, India should impart greater clarity of expression and purpose to its military relationship with China. Is China a ‘strategic partner’ or a ‘strategic competitor’? Or both?

Xi Meets Modi: A Historic Opportunity for Sino-Indian Leadership

Sino-Indian relations are at a new juncture. Modi and Xi must together summon the vision and statesmanship needed to grab the opportunity thus provided.

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.

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.