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India-China: the line of actual contest

India-China: the line of actual contest Part of: GS-II- India and China (PT-MAINS-PERSONALITY TEST) The ongoing military standoffs with China at multiple points along the India-China border has turned the spotlight to the single most important element that has helped keep the peace across the Himalayas: the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Yet, what exactly the LAC is remains a source of much confusion. They are different in one crucial way. With Pakistan, India has an inter

China, Kashmir and the ghost of August 5

China, Kashmir and the ghost of August 5 By, Happymon Jacob teaches national security at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Context # What is becoming clear now is that by “inventing” a rhetorical position around the issue of Aksai Chin, a territory India may never have intended to take back by force from China, New Delhi seems to have aggravated the existing Chinese sensitivities on it. # Put differently, India’s infrastruc

Making sense of China’s calculations

Making sense of China’s calculations By, M.K. Narayanan is a former National Security Adviser and a former Governor of West Bengal Context # The number of casualties, 20 on the Indian side was the highest since 1967, and included that of a high ranking Colonel of the Bihar Regiment. The number of casualties on the Chinese side has not been formally indicated, though they have conceded that at least one Colonel was among those killed. No aberration # There was a flicker of ho

Cautious, but firm: on India-China stand-off

Cautious, but firm: on India-China stand-off Context # After weeks of more diplomatic wording, the statement by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on June 26 appears to signal that patience in dealing with Beijing is reaching a dead end. Shifts of note # The statement said publicly, for the first time since reports of the stand-off, that the Chinese build-up and clashes with Indian troops, including the Galwan Valley incident on June 15 in which 20 Indian soldiers were

In ending standoff, magnanimity must prevail

In ending standoff, magnanimity must prevail By, R. Sudarshan is Dean of the School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana. Previously, he was a policy adviser for Governance and Justice in the United Nations Development Programme Context # When Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Shanghai just five years ago, in 2015, he recounted to the Indian community living there how China’s President Xi Jinping took him to his native village in Xia

Days of disengagement

Days of disengagement: On India-China LAC standoff Context * After two months of stand-off along the LAC, news that India and China are discussing a full disengagement must be welcome relief. The conversation between the Special Representatives, India’s NSA Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, on Sunday, which led to the announcement, has given hostilities a necessary pause. Disengagement and De-Escalation to be ensured * The next step will be to see their

In stand-off, keeping an eye on the nuclear ball

In stand-off, keeping an eye on the nuclear ball By, Harsh V. Pant is Director Studies at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi. Kartik Bommakanti is Associate Fellow at the ORF, New Delhi Context * Despite domestic and external challenges, there is now growing evidence that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to expand its nuclear arsenal, which is worrisome but at the same time, not be surprising. * China is pursuing a planned modernisation of its nucl

The standoff and China’s India policy dilemma

The standoff and China’s India policy dilemma By, Antara Ghosal Singh is a Researcher at the Delhi Policy Group (DPG). She is a graduate from Tsinghua University, China and has been a Chinese language fellow at the National Central University, Taiwan Context * The June 15 incident of a violent face-off between Chinese and Indian troops at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), causing casualties on both sides, took China’s strategic community by storm, while the intense debate an

The main planks in a counter-China policy

The main planks in a counter-China policy By, M.K. Narayanan, a former National Security Adviser Context: - The situation along the China-India border in the Ladakh region is still tense. The disengagement process is proving difficult, and the military meetings have not resulted in any demonstrable progress regarding troop disengagement/de-escalation. - China seems intent on managing the ground situation to its advantage, and bring about a realignment of the LAC. Details: - Ind

Calibrated balance

Calibrated balance New form of non-alignment: - The External Affairs Minister has emphasized that India has never been part of an alliance system, nor will it ever be. This statement comes at a time when India- U.S. relations have been on the upswing. - While complete non-alignment worked for India during the Cold War era between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, the fact that India and China share a land boundary would always be a factor in a new cold war between t

Tensions along the Line of Actual Control

Tensions along the Line of Actual Control Context: Defence Minister’s statement in the Parliament on the border tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Given the differing perceptions of the LAC between India and China, a series of boundary agreements have been signed and confidence-building measures (CBMs) carried out to maintain peace and tranquillity while the two sides attempted to delineate the boundary through Special Representatives.