Tag: Sino-Bhutanese relations

• Doklam Standoff: Not Forgetting Bhutan

  One of the ways the Doklam incident should be read is as a way of China putting pressure to end the special nature of the India-Bhutan relationship.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 July 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Sino-Bhutanese relations, Sino-Indian relations, South Asia

• Explaining Action and Reaction on Doklam

  India can expect LAC incursions by China to continue, even pick up pace, and to display a qualitatively different nature in the coming months and years.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  7 July 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Sikkim, Sino-Bhutanese relations

• 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.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  6 July 2012

  Borders, Foreign Policy

  Bhutan, boundary dispute, Buddhism, Indian foreign policy, Sino-Bhutanese relations, Sino-Indian relations