Brinkmanship over the Padma Bridge The World Bank’s decision to withhold funding for the Padma Bridge embarrassed a government that has been doing reasonable work especially in checking extremism at a time when radicalism is... Anand Kumar | October 19, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Who started the fighting? Let us examine the facts as they are, to see if the Chinese contention of a counter-attack to throw Indian aggressors out has any merit or, as India believes, it... R. S. Kalha | October 17, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The 1962 War: Will China speak about it? A global power like China must not hesitate to acknowledge its historical mistakes: it needs to have sufficient self-confidence to withstand the consequent discomfort and embarrassment. Jagannath P. Panda | October 16, 2012 | IDSA Comments
The 1962 War: Will China speak about it? A global power like China must not hesitate to acknowledge its historical mistakes: it needs to have sufficient self-confidence to withstand the consequent discomfort and embarrassment. Jagannath P. Panda | October 16, 2012 | IDSA Comments
Tibet as a Factor in Sino-Indian Relations Past and Present Tibet has always been the core issue in Sino-Indian relations. Even during the 1962 conflict, Chinese leaders, including Mao, acknowledged that the conflict was not about the boundary or territory... R. S. Kalha | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
‘We Over-imagined the Threat from China in 1962’ : Interview with Marshal of the Indian Air Force Fifty years since the 1962 war, reams have been written and multiple perspectives have come to the fore. Yet, the oral history of the time, the leaders and the politics,... Arjan Singh | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
Remembering 1962 Sino-Indian Border War: Politics of Memory How does India remember the 1962 border war with China? The article argues that there are two ways in which the war is recalled in the country and both of... Dibyesh Anand | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Stormy Parliamentary Debates of 1962 Excepting in a war-like situation when there is threat to national security, unity and integrity, parliamentarians neither have the time nor the inclination to discuss issues that do not have... R N Das | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
Sino-Indian War, 1962 and the Role of Great Powers The easy availability of Indian Government documents allowed early commentators to focus on the policies pursued by India to counter the relentless advance by China in the Western border region,... S. K. Bhutani | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
The Great Divide: Chinese and Indian Views on Negotiations, 1959-62 When will states bargain while fighting and when will they evade intrawar negotiations? This article addresses this question with respect to the 1962 Sino-Indian War and provides insight into the... Oriana Skylar Mastro | October 2012 | Journal of Defence Studies
