Dr M.S. Prathibha is Associate Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. Click here for detailed profile
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr MS Prathibha's article ‘Managing China's Expectations of India’ has been published in Outlook on 5 May 2023.
The Chinese expect India to place the border issue in what they call an ‘appropriate position’ and wants normalised management. For India, however, normalcy could be restored when the military forces disengage from the remaining friction areas at the Line of Actual Control (LAC), says Dr Prathibha.
The PLA Western Theatre Command has focused on joint operations capabilities to counter the perceived lack of air superiority and information dominance in the theatre, which it believes is required for strike operations.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr MS Prathibha’s opinion piece, ‘Xi Jinping's Vision and 20th Party Congress’ has been published in ‘The New Indian Express’, on 22 October 2022.
For Xi, the threat to the Communist Party of China is not democracy as believed in the West but hidden capital, says Dr Prathibha.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr MS Prathibha’s article ‘North Korea's Nuclear Nexus with Pakistan: India's Choices’ was published in the YTHARTH Magazine, Vol I, Issue II, September 2022.
Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA Dr MS Prathibha’s article, ‘What are the Constraints to closer India-US Partnership’ has been published in the Outlook on 26 April 2022.
Even hawkish Indian thinkers who push for enhancing nuclear and conventional deterrence against China have some concerns regarding the India-US cooperation, says Dr Prathibha.
China’s varied winter planning logistics show a broader strategy to gain mastery over high-altitude conditions and increase combat preparedness against India.
Post 2015 reforms, the Western Theatre Command (WTC) of the PLA has been transforming itself into a joint theatre command that can fight wars against an adversary like India. Considering that India and China are involved in a border standoff, any strengthening of WTC’s combat capabilities is likely to have an immense impact on India.
Certain sections of the elite in China seem to be speaking out against the tightening political control under President Xi Jinping. Whether the Chinese Communist Party is failing to elicit loyalty among its own members, and resorting to widespread ideological control to retain its legitimacy is a pertinent question to ponder upon.
Associate Fellow, MP-IDSA, Dr. M.S. Prathibha’s commentary ‘India-Vietnam Naval Exercises: Portraying a Vital Partnership" was published by All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external service division of AIR, on August 24, 2021.
PLA Border Defence Troops’ Winter Preparations: Signalling Deterrence
China’s varied winter planning logistics show a broader strategy to gain mastery over high-altitude conditions and increase combat preparedness against India.