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Assessing Indo-Pacific in 2021: Indian Perspective
Amruta Karambelkar Article

The year 2020 was a landmark event in and for the Indo-Pacific. The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed the regional perception of China. Until then the challenge from China was known but it had yet to manifest itself in its entirety. The major ....

January 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , US , China , Russia , Nepal , ASEAN , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Australia , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Japan , Indian Ocean , COVID19 , Galwan , Himalaya , Biden , Maritime
Distrust More, Verify More: India-China Relations Post Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Amb Kanwal Sibal Article

China, through his reckless aggression in Ladakh has seriously jeopardised peace and tranquility on the India-Tibet border. China is already in occupation of large parts of Indian territory in Ladakh. To seek to consolidate its hold on this occupied ....

September 13, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , SCO , LAC , Depsang , Galwan , CBMs , Pangong Tso , Foreign Ministers , Spanggur Gap
Chinese Ambassador’s Speech Ignores that a lot has changed in Sino-Indian Relations
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

On 30 July 2020, the Chinese Ambassador to India Sun Weidong delivered an important speech at the Delhi based Institute for Chinese Studies in which he spoke about the current state of Sino Indian relations after the Galwan incident on the Line of Ac....

August 01, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , LAC , Ladakh , Galwan , expansionism , China's Ambassador speech , One China policy , Modi-Xi consensus , hegemony
Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Leh: What Next?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Prime Minister Modi’s surprise visit to a military base near Leh close to the India-China border on 3rd July was a turning point in the nine weeks old Indian military India China military face of which remains unresolved despite several rounds of m....

July 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Article , India , China , QUAD , Intelligence , Galwan , Military faceoff , Strategic competition , Morale armed forces , Resist expansionism , Defence capabilities , Leh , PM ModiRussia
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
India-China Standoff and Stability in the Indo-Pacific
Vice Admiral Girish Luthra (retd.) Article

Recent violent clashes near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between Indian and Chinese army units, resulting in large number of casualties in the Galwan region, has caused significant alarm in the wider Indo-Pacific region. While the nature of the c....

June 22, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Indo-Pacific , China , Article , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , PLA Navy , Indian Navy , Galwan , IOR , COC
Eastern LADAKH (EL) and Siachen: The Geo-Strategic Obstruct
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Indeed, the Soltoro Ridge with the Shyok River to its West, the Siachen Glacier and the Nubra Valley and the Saser Muztagh with the Shyok River to its East, is a great geostrategic obstruct to any collusive designs of Pakistan and China. With the Sha....

June 17, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , China , Siachen , Aksai Chin , Galwan , Eastern Ladakh , Gilgit-Baltistan , Shyok , Trans Karakoram Tract , ISR
India-China Standoff along the LAC: Challenges and Opportunities
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On 16 April 2013, ITBP discovered a new Chinese six tent position near Raki Nullah in the Sub Sector North of Eastern Ladakh. On 18 April, when the Indian Army asked PLA to withdraw to its original positions, the PLA produced a map which was part of ....

June 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , LAC , Chou en lai , Depsang , Chumar , BPMs , Doklam Crisis , JWG , Pagong Tso , Galwan
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