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Indications of Elevated Military Preparations in Tibet
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Monitoring developments in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) has become even more important after India's 4057-kms Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China became active along its entire length since at least May 2020, when the clash at Galwan Valley ....

June 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Tibet , Article , China , PLA , LAC , Tibet , Galwan valley , TAR , Arunachal Pradesh , Metok Hydropower
Salami Slicing, Fait Accompli and Buffers: What Next?
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The contradictions are stark. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has often opined that relations with China are not normal, because India will not agree to any attempt to change the Line of Actual Control (LAC) unilaterally. Stating again ....

March 23, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , China , PLA , Aksai Chin , LAC , Tawang , buffers
Balloon Surveillance and the Near Space Region
Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar (Retd) Article

With the US shooting down a fourth unidentified object over US airspace on 11 Feb 2023, it has been an unprecedented week or so for NORAD and the homeland defence. Among the four objects that have been brought down is the well publicised Chinese ball....

February 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , China , U.S. , LAC , Ladakh , ISR , balloon , near space
Disentangling the Perceptions of ‘Grey Zone Warfare’!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

One of our most serious problems today is defining what war is. Historically, war and warfare have rigid definitions, and national security and military doctrines, the capabilities and structures are designed to respond to those definitions. Wars wer....

February 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Sun Tzu , no war no peace , Grey Zone warfare
US- India & Indo-Pacific: Takeaways from 2022
Dr Sweta Kumari Article

The year 2022 brought a series of geopolitical changes of global magnitude that were last witnessed somewhat in the Cold War period. The economic slowdown and the disruption of the supply chains that were triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic got furthe....

January 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , South Korea , China , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , South China Sea , Taiwan , Japan , LAC , Russia-Ukraine conflict , IPEF , US Domestic Issues , CAATSA Waiver
Inapt ‘Perceptions’ and Elusive ‘Peace and Tranquillity’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Dai Bingguo, then State Councillor, Director of the General Offices of Foreign Affairs and the National Security Group of the CCP’s Central Committee and Special Representative (SR) for boundary negotiations with India from 2003 to 2013 had stated ....

December 14, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , Defence , China , Article , Indian Army , PLA , LAC , WTC , Dai Bingguo , Tawang , Yangtse , Xiaokong
PLA after 20th Party Congress: “Combat Readiness to Fight and Win Wars’’
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The much awaited Chinese 20th National Party Congress (NPC) is behind us, and the National Peoples’ Congress is about four months away. The Work Report by President Xi Jinping has been analysed ad infintum. President Xi Jinping has said that....

November 15, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , CPC , Taiwan , CMC , PLA , LAC , Gen He Weidong , Integrated Theatres
Next Step in Disengagement in Eastern Ladakh and Contemplating Larger Implications
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 8th September 2022, 50 days after the 16th Round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting at Chushul-Moldo in Eastern Ladakh, consensus was reached on disengagement of the Chinese and Indian troops in the area of Jianan La (Daban) also designa....

September 13, 2022 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , PLA , logistics , LAC , Ladakh , Infrastructure , PP15
Border Security is Receiving Higher Salience in Tibet
Jayadeva Ranade Article

Over the past year, the Chinese authorities have increased emphasis on border security along the Sino-Indian Line of Actual Control (LAC). There have been a number of visits by senior Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) officials and TAR Security and Propa....

February 11, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Tibet , Article , PLA , LAC , TAR , border villages , Wang Junzheng
India-China Military Standoff at LAC in Ladakh Sector - Whither from here?
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

The 14th round of Corp Commander level military to military talks took place on 12 Jan 2022 to diffuse the ongoing military standoff between India and China. The situation emerged almost two years ago in May 2020 after China undertook military build-....

February 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , China , PLA , Aksai Chin , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , Pangong Tso , Podcast , Kailash Range , Buffer Zone , CBM , Chushul-Moldo , Gogra
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