India-China Relations

The India-China defence dialogue assumes significance in the context of the military build-up across the border and the persistence of the security dilemma between the two countries.

• R N Das
• December 07, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China views the Indian military upgrade as a response to China's rise in Asia forgetting that its own aggressive posture and military upgrade since 2006 has provoked the Indian response.

• Namrata Goswami
• November 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The Dialogue was featured in prime time on the Chinese State-run TV channel, with the comment of the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that it had achieved “positive results”.

• Mukul Sanwal
• November 17, 2011
• IDSA Comments

This commentary analyses the implications of the growing Chinese footprint in India’s North West region, particularly in Northern Afghanistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir.

• Mandip Singh
• October 21, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The SED should eventually create a greater interface at the sub-national level by including other arenas of cooperation like defence, tourism, sports, and cultural interaction involving a wider exchange at the level of people.

• Joe Thomas Karackattu
• October 03, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The SED should eventually create a greater interface at the sub-national level by including other arenas of cooperation like defence, tourism, sports, and cultural interaction involving a wider exchange at the level of people.

• Joe Thomas Karackattu
• October 03, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The composition of the Indian delegation to the ongoing Strategic Economic Dialogue is suggestive that issues such as telecom, water, infrastructural development and railways are being discussed on a priority basis.

• R N Das
• September 27, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The Chinese territorial claim on the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh has negatively affected India–China relations for many decades now. In recent years, China has become visibly aggressive with regard to its territorial claim by denying visas to Indians from Arunachal Pradesh travelling to China, claiming that they are Chinese citizens and hence do not require visas. China also tried to block ADB aid sought by India for the state.

• Namrata Goswami
• September 2011
• Strategic Analysis

Lower riparian countries must develop sound strategies to bring China to the negotiating table with a view to stopping it from further damming or diverting the waters of the Brahmaputra or any other river originating in Tibet and flowing into South Asia.

• Hari Bansh Jha
• August 09, 2011
• IDSA Comments

When troops are deployed on active frontier duty - even in peacetime - the key
issues that face commanders are: maintaining morale, vitality and discipline for long
periods. Under difficult climatic conditions or in areas far from human habitation,
the challenges are multiplied.....

• Ravi Bhoothalingam
• July 2011
• Journal of Defence Studies