Archit Gupta asked: Keeping in mind India's interest in the South China sea, what should be India's policy with respect to the dispute?

Reply: Please refer to an earlier response by Sarabjeet Singh Parmar to a similar query, at http://idsa.in/askanexpert/stakeforIndiaintheSouthChinaSea

Also, refer to the following IDSA publications:

Saloni Salil, “India, to the South China Sea and Beyond”, Journal of Defence Studies, 7 (1), January 2013, at http://idsa.in/jds/7_1_2013_IndiatotheSouthChinaSeaandBeyond_SaloniSalil

R. S. Kalha, “China’s Forward Policy in the South China Sea”, July 30, 2012, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/ChinasForwardPolicyintheSouthChinaSea_RSKalh...

James R. Holmes, “Inside, Outside: India's ‘Exterior Lines’ in the South China Sea”, Strategic Analysis, 36 (1), May 2012, at http://idsa.in/strategicanalysis/36_3/TheSouthChinaSea_JamesRHolmes

Sarabjeet Singh Parmar, “The South China Sea Imbroglio”, October 14, 2011, at http://idsa.in/idsacomments/TheSouthChinaSeaImbroglio_ssparmar_141011