Category: Indo-China relations

Does India need a strategic rethink? The Statesman 25 Aug 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2797924/Kolkata-The-Statesman/25TH-AUGUST-2020#page/7/2 Does India need a strategic rethink? 25 Aug 2020           Post the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Indo-China border affairs (WMCC) meeting last Thursday, both sides issued vague and guarded statements. The Indian statement made no mention of ‘progress’ nor ‘early and complete disengagement.’ It read, ‘The two sides had a candid and in-depth exchange of views […]

Fake news and deceit as part of diplomacy CENJOWS 17 Aug 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=374 Fake news and deceit as part of diplomacy 17 Aug 2020           Social media is the venue for projecting national views. Most nations have their spokespersons and political leaders on social media platforms commenting on global or domestic issues. These lead to internal discussions and debates, providing a feedback to the government in power. This is generally missing from […]

Talks with no tangible solution CENJOWS 11 Aug 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=371 Talks with no tangible solution 11 Aug 2020           As per reports, the fifth round of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders held on 02 Aug, at Moldo, failed to make any headway in easing the over 100 days long standoff in Ladakh. India did not make any official statement post the talks, though sources stated, ‘the focus […]

Salami slicing must be stopped CENJOWS 05 Aug 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=361 Salami slicing must be stopped 05 Aug 2020           Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of state, during a recent visit to UK, stated, ‘You can’t make claims for maritime regions that you have no lawful claim to. You can’t threaten countries and bully them in the Himalayas,’ adding, ‘We hope we can build a coalition that understands the threat.’ […]

The blame game and lessons from Ladakh The Statesman 04 Aug 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2773260/Kolkata-The-Statesman/4TH-AUGUST-2020#page/7/2 The blame game and lessons from Ladakh 04 Aug 2020           Manish Tewari, the Congress Spokesperson, in his article titled, ‘India-China in 1962 and 2020’ published in the outlook states, ‘The question, therefore, is can CDS—the single point military advisor to the government, 14 Corps Commander, or for that matter even the defence and Prime Minister’s escape from responsibility […]

Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=351 Chinese hard and soft power CENJOWS 29 Jul 2020           From the commencement of his term, Xi Jinping devoted extra energy to build Chinese ‘soft power’. The announcement of the Belt Road Initiative (BRI) came as a boon to many nations which were seeking funds to develop. Loans from global financial institutions come after intense study and with strict […]

India’s options on the LAC The Statesman 28 Jul 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2765097/Kolkata-The-Statesman/28TH-JULY-2020#page/7/2 India’s options on the LAC 28 Jul 2020           Two weeks after the meeting between senior army commanders there has still been no major progress in de-escalation. An Indian official stated, ‘There has been no forward movement in disengagement of troops in friction areas along the LAC, including Pangong Tso and Depsang. The overall de-escalation of conflict is a […]

US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation CENJOWS 22 Jul 2020

https://cenjows.in/article-detail?id=347 US deployment in the South China Sea changes the Indo-China equation 22 Jul 2020 China, despite all its theatrics, considers the US as an outright bully, which it currently cannot match upto. It has attempted to separate the bully from others in the neighbourhood, knowing jointly they could challenge Chinese might. It presumed it could break Indo-US strategic partnership […]

Resolution with China calls for patience The Statesman 21 Jul 2020

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/2756681/Kolkata-The-Statesman/21ST-JULY-2020#page/7/2 Resolution with China calls for patience 21 Jul 2020 Nations seek to deter their adversaries from undertaking misadventures by displaying their power to retaliate effectively. Comprehensive national power between nations provides requisite deterrence, exception being nuclear weapon states in which a weaker nation can deter a powerful adversary, North Korea and Pakistan being examples. The next option with nations […]

Non kinetic warfare against China AIKS NAAD Jul 2020

https://www.aiks.org/aiks-publications/ Non kinetic warfare against China AIKS NAAD Jul 2020 The Chinese incursion into areas claimed by both nations would continue for some time. The Indian armed forces are deployed matching China in force levels at multiple locations in Ladakh. The deployment may be separated by a few hundred meters, but it clearly displays Indian intent of no backing down. […]