Washington must design new ways to deter Chinese aggression along the Indian borderUS officials should also help collate commercially available satellite imagery on Chinese troops and disseminate the images publicly to giv...
Geopolitical lesson in false equivalenceThe issue of Chinese aggression on India's border invites obvious Indian condemnation and New Delhi seeking out support in international fo...
Why Beijing’s growing belligerence requires a clearer response from IndiaMuch as this seasonal quarrel is welcome in a democracy, it comes at a time when the army is fully deployed for the second successive winte...
View: The armed forces need a clear role definition for necessary restructuringFrom detaining suspects to taking action on homes of locals that doubled as hideouts for terrorists, AFSPA provided the closest to a battle...
View: China must not be allowed to physically cordon off disputed areasThere are three worrying factors. First, China did withdraw from its forward positions in many places like Pangong Tso and Galwan in Ladakh...
Views: India needs to play itself back into lead position in the China gameThere is no doubt that India, in some measure or the other, will always have a role to play in any global counter to China. But it’s the co...
China challenge for India, the worldWhile the US was able to persuade its European allies to name and criticise China for its human rights violations in Xinjiang and Hong Kong...
View: Thanks to China, GoI must look at the defence budget as a wider security budgetIn sum, the new China threat must prompt GoI to look at the defence budget as a wider security budget, not just a ledger on military expend...
Time to step on dragon’s Tibet toe: Why India needs to gather momentum over China issueIndia owes no favours to China over Tibet. It must abandon its timidity over the only Chinese province that shares a land border with India...
View: From an imminent threat, China is now a clear and present danger for IndiaA multi-aligned India is in a position to leverage its big power relationships. India has an array of options, and didn’t cave under pressu...
View: India has several trump cards it can use if Beijing reneges — yet againIf Chinese companies are gradually shut out of India, China will take a hit.
View: India must use a multinational front to change Chinese behaviourSo, how does the world modify Chinese behaviour? This question is central to world stability.
View: The administration’s ‘different perceptions’ about what happened at the LoAC is unfortunateEven as there was a palpable sense of unease, especially in political and diplomatic circles, the Indian Army was left out on a limb, to en...
View: India needs to buck up its analysis, intelWhile many will be content to lay the blame only on China, questions also need to be asked about the systemic shortcomings in strategic ana...
View: India must create ‘major power’ military and diplomatic options to take on Chinese aggressionChina's strategy since 1962 has been to keep India confined and embittered by conflicts in its neighbourhood.
View: India needs to reset its relationship with China drasticallyThe changing global conversation on China provides a whole new political context to fashion a fresh approach.
- No plans for PM to meet Chinese counterpart: Foreign secretary
PM Manmohan Singh has no plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabo on the sidelines of G-20 Summit in the US next week as India maint...