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Eastern Ladakh: Studying the ‘Warning Shots’

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The whys and wherefores of the Chinese aggression in Eastern Ladakh, cumulated with the larger peripheral belligerence in South China and East China Seas and the Taiwan Straits in 2020, have been debated ad infinitum. The events of Galwan Valley, Hot....

July 13, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , Strategic Support Force , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , ISR , Strategic Rocket Force , Xinjian , PLA Western Theatre Command

Border Brinkmanship: A Miscalculation by China

Air Marshal SS Soman (Retd.) Article

India and China have been engaged in a tense military faceoff that has witnessed numerous violent incidents over the last two months in Eastern Ladakh. The standoff has resulted from an aggressive border brinkmanship triggered by China, to assert its....

July 09, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , China , Taiwan , LAC , Ladakh , Tibet , Galwan valley , Xinjiang , Air Power , Expansionist

Questioning India's Robust Response to the Chinese Threat is Anti National

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The current Sino Indian faceoff is the most serious since the 1962 conflict. Strung across hundreds of kilometres and encompassing many contentious areas it has been marked by scuffles between the two sides resulting in scores of casualties and heavy....

July 06, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , Ladakh , Self Reliance , Sino Indian faceoff , PM's address , National resolve , National unity , Opposition

Managing the LAC: Rules are Handrails, and Not Handcuffs!

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The Dragon is awake, and is vigourously seeking to establish Pax Sinica! Of the two milestones of the 100th anniversaries of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the establishment of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 2021 and 2....

June 27, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Border and Coastal Security , China , Article , PLA , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , CBMs , Agreement for Maintenance peace & Stability , Pangong Tso , Border Maintenance Posture , ROE

Sino Indian Faceoff: An Inflection Point in Relations

Amb Satish Chandra, Vice Chairman, VIF Article

The ongoing Sino-Indian faceoff at several points in Ladakh as well as at Naku La in Sikkim have brought the relationship to an inflexion point. While examining the extraordinary gravity of this face off -- a product of Chinese duplicity and aggressi....

June 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Fingers area , UN Human Rights Council

India-China Standoff : Contracting Options in Ladakh

Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

The India-China border dispute spreads over more than 800 kms in the Western Sector, extending from a little West of Karakoram Pass till Gaya Peak on the Ladakh border with Himachal Pradesh, in the South. India claims 38000 Sq km of the territory pre....

June 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , China's transgressions , Western Sector , Middle Sector , Eastern Sector

Decoding India-China Standoff at the LAC

Lt Gen AS Bedi (Retd.) Article

Recently, a distinguished author in an article in a prominent Indian newspaper while giving a detailed account of the India China border dispute has brought out some pertinent and relevant facts. However, while the facts may be appropriate, these hav....

May 28, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Defence , Article , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan valley , Differing Perceptions , Nakula

China’s Incursions, Covid and Military Coercion

Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd) Article

The Incursions

The Galwan valley intrusion by China since early May is indicative of China’s strategic signaling to India, and cannot be seen as just one of the near 350 transgressions that occur every year. Reportedly, the PLA has buil....

May 27, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , PLA , BRI , COVID-19 , LAC , Ladakh , Intrusions , transgressions , military coercion , Galwan valley , border infrastructure

Implications of the Ongoing Tension with China along the LAC

Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

China has accused India of crossing and violating the LAC. On 5 May the Chinese media reports said: On the May 18th, a reporter from the Global Times (in Chinese) learned from sources that the Chinese border guards have strengthened control over t....

May 26, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , CPEC , PLA , Sikkim , LAC , Ladakh , BMP , Tibet , Military District