Covid crisis, India and the Indian Ocean balance of power
3 years, 6 months ago

Covid crisis, India and the Indian Ocean balance of power

Times of India  

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, India has turned the crisis into an opportunity in the Indian Ocean region thanks to its humanitarian assistance programme and increased engagement with other powers in the region. Concurrently, India’s humanitarian assistance programme and pragmatism towards littoral states and some other recent developments such as the first Quad leaders’ virtual Summit, Quad Malabar naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, growing interests of European middle powers in the Indo- Pacific, India- Australia converging security interests in the Indo- Pacific and the resumption of trilateral security cooperation among India, Sri Lanka, and Mauritius, carries potential to alter the power equations and to uphold peace, stability, and rule-based order in the region. The crisis offered India an opportunity to expand and strengthen its relationship with Indian Ocean littoral states through Mission Sagar- India’s Covid-19 humanitarian assistance, aid, and outreach programme to Indian Ocean littoral states initiated by the government of India on May 10, 2020. Mission Sagar, aligned with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of SAGAR- Security and Growth for All in the Region, is being considered as a major milestone in India’s engagement with the Indian Ocean littoral states.

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Endless potential, new determination: Admiral Tripathi's visit boosts India-Indonesia maritime ties
1 week, 1 day ago

Endless potential, new determination: Admiral Tripathi's visit boosts India-Indonesia maritime ties

Firstpost  

Institutionalising the India-Indonesia maritime partnership will be crucial as both nations navigate an increasingly complex geopolitical landscape. Regular high-level dialogues, expanded training initiatives, and deeper defence-industrial collaboration must form the bedrock of this relationship From securing trade routes to advancing defence collaboration, India and Indonesia are charting a path toward peace, progress, and maritime stability. During his four-day visit, Admiral …

Future-ready Indian Navy key to Viksit Bharat: President Murmu
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Future-ready Indian Navy key to Viksit Bharat: President Murmu

New Indian Express  

PURI: Amid rising threat perceptions along the sea routes in the changing global geopolitical situation, President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday exuded confidence that Indian Navy will continue to ensure maritime security that is essential to enable the country rise to a Viksit Bharat by 2047. With 63 ships being built in the country, the Navy’s single-minded focus to be an …

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence
2 weeks, 5 days ago

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence

Firstpost  

As the geopolitical landscape shifts, particularly in contested waters such as the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the role of navies as guardians of trade and deterrents of conflict is being redefined The Indian Ocean is a pivotal geopolitical nexus, serving as a bridge between the East and the West and a vital conduit for global trade and …

What will India's Samudrayaan look for in the ocean? Mission chief reveals
1 month, 1 week ago

What will India's Samudrayaan look for in the ocean? Mission chief reveals

India Today  

India is preparing to join an elite group of nations capable of deep-sea exploration with its ambitious Samudrayaan mission. "One of the key targets for exploration will be polymetallic nodules, mineral concretions rich in manganese, iron, and other valuable metals found on the ocean floor," Dr. S Ramesh, Scientist-in-Charge of India's deep-sea mission told IndiaToday.in in an exclusive conversation. Dr. …

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?
3 months ago

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?

The Diplomat  

As a country that straddles both the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia has been an enthusiastic adopter of the Indo-Pacific construct. Recently through major defense strategy documents, Australia has redefined what it calls its “immediate region.” In addition to its traditional neighbors throughout the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia, the designation now also includes the northeast Indian Ocean. Alongside this, …

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before
3 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before

Firstpost  

There is hardly any clarity on what China wants — whether Beijing aims to amicably settle the boundary issues and make further progress in trade and cultural ties or if it seeks to encroach on India’s territory On April 10, 2024, amidst the high-pitched and polarising campaign for the upcoming national elections in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a …

India’s nuclear triad projects dominance over the Indo-Pacific
3 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s nuclear triad projects dominance over the Indo-Pacific

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: By commissioning two nuclear ballistic missile submarines during his two terms in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shown commitment to "India First” policy commensurate with the stated objective of India acquiring ‘credible, minimum’ and indigenous nuclear deterrent with second strike capability. In the meantime, INS Dhruv, India’s first ballistic missile tracker ship, was commissioned on September 10, …

The Indian seafarer deserves better in choppy high seas
7 months, 4 weeks ago

The Indian seafarer deserves better in choppy high seas

The Hindu  

April 25, 2024 12:08 am | Updated 02:31 am IST Amid rising safety concerns among Indian seafarers following the recent attacks on commercial ships in sensitive geographical areas such as the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz, India submitted three papers to the 111th Session of the International Maritime Organization’s Legal Committee, which is from April 22 to 26, …

India’s Maritime Power Projection in the Southwest Indian Ocean Gets a Boost
8 months ago

India’s Maritime Power Projection in the Southwest Indian Ocean Gets a Boost

The Diplomat  

On February 29, in a virtual ceremony, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritian counterpart, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, jointly inaugurated an airstrip, a jetty, and six community development initiatives on Mauritius’ Agaléga island. It was during Modi’s visit to Mauritius in 2015 that the two sides signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which provided for “setting up and upgradation of …

India is a top-tier security partner, says Australia’s new national defence strategy
8 months ago

India is a top-tier security partner, says Australia’s new national defence strategy

The Hindu  

India is a top-tier security partner for Australia, stated its new National Defence Strategy 2024 released last week and through the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and India, the government is continuing to prioritise practical and tangible cooperation that directly contributes to Indo-Pacific stability. The government will continue to seek opportunities with India to drive practical bilateral and multilateral cooperation, …

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea
8 months ago

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea

The Hindu  

In March 2024, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, articulated, in a joint statement during his visit to Manila, India’s full support for the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty. Both these statements are part of an evolving approach that signals a departure from India’s earlier more cautionary and neutral position vis-à-vis the South China Sea. China’s assertive posture and …

All eyes are now on the Indian Ocean region
9 months ago

All eyes are now on the Indian Ocean region

The Hindu  

While the Indian government’s focus from January 2021 was fixed on the Indo-Pacific with a sustained endeavour to strengthen the Quad, policy attention has shifted back to the Indian Ocean since October 2023. While they are concerned about Beijing’s illegal claims in the South China Sea, they must see that a similar kind of assertiveness and hostile intent is building …

Beyond the Lines | India’s naval diplomacy: Building trust in the oceans
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Beyond the Lines | India’s naval diplomacy: Building trust in the oceans

Firstpost  

In an era of uncertainties and wars, the sight of an assertive but responsible Indian naval presence will eventually grow to be a powerful and reassuring one in the high seas India’s focus on its land borders has historically stemmed from past learnings from medieval-era invasions and in the current era, involved conflicts over land borders or around states contiguous …

Dominating the Indian Ocean: India Transforming Lakshadweep into Strategic Military Stronghold
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Dominating the Indian Ocean: India Transforming Lakshadweep into Strategic Military Stronghold

News 18  

For an excruciatingly long period, the only attention Lakshadweep got was from school kids – learning about India’s pristine islands for the first time. This airstrip’s development also aims to boost tourism around Lakshadweep and enhance India’s surveillance capabilities in and around the Arabian Sea and the wider Indo-Pacific region. Indians know fairly well that the Andaman and Nicobar Islands …

India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows
10 months, 3 weeks ago

India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. The deployment highlights the country as a “proactive contributor” to international maritime stability, said Vice Adm. Anil Kumar Chawla, who retired in 2021 as head of India’s southern naval command. Baruah, who directs the Indian Ocean Initiative at the Carnegie …

Sustainable Indian Ocean
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Sustainable Indian Ocean

China Daily  

Sustainable Indian Ocean 2024-02-02 The Indian Ocean Conference is a major consultative forum involving countries concerned to discuss the potential of regional cooperation. Along with strategic competition, China's BRI is bringing the Indian Ocean countries closer to China. This conference is going to be held with the slogan of 'Towards a stable and sustainable Indian Ocean' along with promoting connectivity, …

Challenge in the Indian Ocean
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Challenge in the Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Ocean region has become restive, with the war in West Asia finding an echo in the waters surrounding India, including a surge in attacks on merchant ships and attempted hijacking of vessels. While India has been involved in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia since 2008, the current situation has required the deployment of 10 frontline warships …

Choppy waters: On India-Maldives ties
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Choppy waters: On India-Maldives ties

The Hindu  

Within weeks of the India-Maldives showdown over derogatory remarks by Maldivian Ministers and the call for Indian tourists to boycott the archipelago, as well as the tussle over Indian troops stationed in Maldives, Delhi and Male are dealing with another controversy. After objecting to visits by Chinese “research” vessels to Sri Lanka, New Delhi managed to ensure that Colombo banned, …

Mint Explainer: Why India’s antsy about a Chinese ship heading to the Maldives
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Mint Explainer: Why India’s antsy about a Chinese ship heading to the Maldives

Live Mint  

The impending visit of a Chinese research vessel to the Maldives has caused alarm in India’s strategic community. While the ship’s classified as a research vessel meant to map the floor of the Indian Ocean, Indian officials consider it to be a spy ship. Mint breaks down why India is unhappy with the Chinese vessel making its way through the …

’China threat narrative in Indian Ocean region’: What China said on US report
11 months, 1 week ago

’China threat narrative in Indian Ocean region’: What China said on US report

Live Mint  

Chinese state media warned on Friday that a report by a prominent US think tank on the military uses of Chinese scientific research across the Indian Ocean gave "ammunition" to countries bent on concocting threats from China. The report this week by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies "comes at a time when some countries need to manufacture …

An ‘India out’ plan that could impact the Maldives
11 months, 3 weeks ago

An ‘India out’ plan that could impact the Maldives

The Hindu  

The recent decision by the Maldives to revoke an agreement with India for joint hydrographic surveys in Maldivian waters has caused considerable dismal in Indian media and strategic circles. Getting Indian hydrographic ships out of Maldivian waters appears intended to aid China’s marine surveys of the surrounding seas. However, China’s oceanographic surveys in the waters of friendly South Asian states …

The evolving role of the Colombo Security Conclave
11 months, 4 weeks ago

The evolving role of the Colombo Security Conclave

The Hindu  

In early December, India’s National Security Adviser, Ajit Doval, took part in the sixth NSA meeting of the Colombo Security Conclave. The meeting reviewed the developments and progress made by the CSC in the last year and agreed upon a road map for the year 2024 to promote a safe, secure, and stable Indian Ocean. The push for the CSC …

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam
1 year ago

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam

Firstpost  

India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic partnerships in the region In a noteworthy development, the Indian Navy has extended its military footprint in the South China Sea, marking a significant shift in regional dynamics. India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic …

Indo-Pacific Disputes Can Escalate into Conflict, Says Chief of Naval Staff
1 year ago

Indo-Pacific Disputes Can Escalate into Conflict, Says Chief of Naval Staff

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The disputes in the Indo-Pacific do have the possibility of getting out of control and turning into conflict, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday against the backdrop of growing global concerns over China's increasing military assertiveness in the region.In a media briefing ahead of Navy Day on December 4, he also said India …

The challenge of maritime security in the Global South
1 year ago

The challenge of maritime security in the Global South

The Hindu  

Charles Darwin is reputed to have argued that the key to human survival is not humankind’s innate superiority but its natural adaptability. It is instructive, however, that the bulk of the demand for maritime security in recent years has come from states facing unconventional security threats, such as illegal fishing, natural disasters, marine pollution, human and drug trafficking, and the …

India, Australia finalising agreements for cooperation in hydrography and air-to-air refuelling
1 year, 1 month ago

India, Australia finalising agreements for cooperation in hydrography and air-to-air refuelling

The Hindu  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles held bilateral talks on Monday during which they underscored enhancing cooperation further in information exchange and Maritime Domain Awareness. “The two ministers agreed that deepening cooperation in defence industry and research would give a fillip to the already strong relationship.” The bilateral meeting was held at …

Why Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s Hyperbolic ‘Anti-India’ Campaign Needs a Reality Check
1 year, 1 month ago

Why Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s Hyperbolic ‘Anti-India’ Campaign Needs a Reality Check

News 18  

In Malé, a new leadership has taken the reins of the scenic and strategically crucial Maldivian archipelago whose vast jurisdiction of Indian Ocean waters has put it at the centre of a great power play between India and China. Union Minister for Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju represented India in place of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was invited to the …

Inside India’s ‘Deep Ocean Mission’, a challenge harder than going to space
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside India’s ‘Deep Ocean Mission’, a challenge harder than going to space

The Hindu  

The Deep Ocean Mission is India’s ambitious quest to explore and harness the depths of the ocean. The submersible will be equipped with a suite of scientific sensors, tools and an integrated system for mining polymetallic nodules from the central Indian Ocean; Development of ocean climate change advisory services, involving an array of ocean observations and models to understand and …

With Drone, Jet, Submarine Purchases, Navy Expands Arsenal as Threat from China Rises in Indian Ocean
1 year, 1 month ago

With Drone, Jet, Submarine Purchases, Navy Expands Arsenal as Threat from China Rises in Indian Ocean

News 18  

With the purchase of 26 marine Rafale fighter aircraft, India is gaining strategic edge in the Indian Ocean Region amid an increasing threat from China. The deal will mark India’s second major acquisition of fighter aircraft from France’s Dassault Aviation in recent years— the first being the purchase of 36 Rafale aircraft for the Indian Air Force. China does not …

India-China power play gets new life in Maldives
1 year, 2 months ago

India-China power play gets new life in Maldives

Hindustan Times  

Presidential elections in the Maldives have been rather traditional — each election offering a new chance to a new president. His “India First” policy increased the country’s development and defence partnership with New Delhi, and Chinese projects harmful to Indian interests were averted. Through rallies, disinformation, and protests, the campaign has politicised India’s defence and development assistance, mustered nationalist sentiments, …

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics
1 year, 2 months ago

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics

Hindustan Times  

As the India-China rivalry is played out across the Indian Ocean region, domestic politics is becoming a key focal point of geopolitics. In the last decade, as China’s naval presence has grown across the Indian Ocean, the region has become a centerpiece of strategic rivalry between India and China. The question of China’s growing military and economic presence and its …

Vantage: How India can undo the setback in Maldives
1 year, 2 months ago

Vantage: How India can undo the setback in Maldives

Firstpost  

The party of Maldives’ new President came up with the ‘India out’ campaign and seeks to end Indian influence in the Maldives The Maldives has elected a new president - Mohamed Muizzu. The same party came up with the ‘India out’ campaign and seeks to end Indian influence in the Maldives. This is a big worry for New Delhi because …

Why the Pacific islands are key
1 year, 6 months ago

Why the Pacific islands are key

Hindustan Times  

Off the northeastern coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean is a smattering of islands, which form the frontline in the battle to survive in a warming Earth, and the associated vagaries of rapid sea level rise and rash changes in climate phenomenon. Yet, these small islands — sandwiched between the United States, China and Australia — also serve another …

Whose Indo-Pacific Are You Talking About? - News18
1 year, 7 months ago

Whose Indo-Pacific Are You Talking About? - News18

News 18  

In geographical terms, Maldives is a small country compared to most others. In this overall background, the irony was that Maldivian Vice President Faisal Naseem was urging for peace in the Indian Ocean at a conference in Dhaka, Bangladesh, when the nation’s Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid was participating and also co-moderating a green energy round-table of the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum …

Enhancing India’s maritime footprint in the Indo-Pacific
1 year, 7 months ago

Enhancing India’s maritime footprint in the Indo-Pacific

Hindustan Times  

From May 2-8, 2023, the maiden Association of Southeast Asian Nations -India Maritime Exercise took place in the Indian Ocean. India’s ASEAN outreach began in 1992 when New Delhi was admitted as a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN; 2022 marked 30 years of this partnership, which was celebrated as India-ASEAN Friendship Year. In 2019, India and ASEAN outlined their approaches …

A plan to counter China economically
1 year, 8 months ago

A plan to counter China economically

Hindustan Times  

Over the past few years, the growing aggression of the Chinese Communist Party has rang alarm bells across the world. Indian policymakers declared that India’s dependence on Chinese imports must be curtailed, and the old motto of self-reliance regained currency. On the trade front, India’s dependence on China remains higher than it was in the decade leading up to the …

Sharp divides: On the implications of the AUKUS trilateral defence pact
1 year, 9 months ago

Sharp divides: On the implications of the AUKUS trilateral defence pact

The Hindu  

The joint appearance by the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia, at the Naval Base Point Loma, U.S., this week, and their detailing about their “AUKUS” trilateral defence pact are significant in optics and substance, suggesting a new chapter in the global great power rivalry. The new alliance is seen as a counter to China exerting …

‘US-China rivalry in…’: Navy chief concerned over geo-political power play
1 year, 9 months ago

‘US-China rivalry in…’: Navy chief concerned over geo-political power play

Live Mint  

The US-China rivalry in the Indo-Pacific region is likely to be a marathon, said Navy chief Admiral R Hari Kumar on Monday while raising concerns over growing geo-political power play in the area. It has led inevitably to a naval arms race between the West and China similar to the World War-1 era between the allied and the central powers,” …

India’s aircraft carriers key to Indo-Pacific strategy
1 year, 10 months ago

India’s aircraft carriers key to Indo-Pacific strategy

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India is preparing to relaunch its INS Vikramaditya aircraft carrier after a major refit, a critical step toward fulfilling its plan to deploy two carrier battle groups as it seeks to strengthen its regional maritime power to counter China’s increasing assertiveness. “This is significant in terms of India’s power projection capabilities, primarily within the Indian Ocean,” said …

How China is pushing into Indian Ocean Region through its 'Global Security Initiative'
2 years ago

How China is pushing into Indian Ocean Region through its 'Global Security Initiative'

Firstpost  

GSI includes the implementation of four major initiatives: the Belt and Road Initiative, the Health Silk Road, the Digital Silk Road, and the Global Development Initiative. These initiatives demonstrate China’s efforts to increase its presence and influence in the IOR and around the world The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy recently held an online forum for the heads of international …

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation
2 years ago

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation

The Hindu  

As 2022 comes to an end, the world is embracing a ‘new normal’ where new fault lines are being reconfigured in the Indo-Pacific. As tensions between an aggressive China and an emerging India intensify, New Delhi’s Quad partners are also making inroads in its backyard, ushering significant changes in the region. China’s widening outreach The contestation for South Asia and …

Is China using Indian Ocean to spy on India?
2 years ago

Is China using Indian Ocean to spy on India?

Firstpost  

Several events over the last few years indicate that the primary Chinese threat to Indian strategic interests emenates not from the Himalayas, but several thousands of kilometers away – among the deep blue waters of the Indian Ocean New Delhi: Since emerging in their present political forms in the late 1940s, India and China - two ancient civilizations but relatively …

Explained | China’s moves in the Indian Ocean
2 years ago

Explained | China’s moves in the Indian Ocean

The Hindu  

December 04, 2022 10:57 pm | Updated December 05, 2022 09:21 am IST The story so far: On November 21, China’s top development aid agency convened the first “China-Indian Ocean Region Forum” in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming. The CIDCA, which is China’s new development aid agency, currently headed by former Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui, said in a …

‘We Believe in Rules-based International Order, PM’s Vision of ‘Sagar, Samridhi For All’: Navy Chief
2 years ago

‘We Believe in Rules-based International Order, PM’s Vision of ‘Sagar, Samridhi For All’: Navy Chief

News 18  

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said while the Indian Navy stood by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Sagar and samridhi for all’, it also believed in a rules-based international order. He said for India, the biggest learning from the Russia-Ukraine war was to keep ‘atmanirbhar’, or self-reliant, supply chains ready. Ahead of Navy Day on December …

China holds first Indian Ocean Region meet with 19 countries without India
2 years ago

China holds first Indian Ocean Region meet with 19 countries without India

India Today  

China held a meeting this week with 19 countries from the Indian Ocean region in which India was conspicuously absent. The China International Development Cooperation Agency, an organisation connected with the Chinese Foreign Ministry held a meeting of the China-Indian Ocean Region Forum on Development Cooperation on November 21, in which 19 countries took part, according to a press release …

China gathers India Ocean countries for forum, leaves India out
2 years ago

China gathers India Ocean countries for forum, leaves India out

Hindustan Times  

Beijing: China earlier this week gathered 19 countries including all countries from South Asia except India to attend a first Indian Ocean-focused forum, the latest pointer to Beijing’s expanding influence in the strategic maritime region and key sea trade route. Ministerial officials and senior diplomats from Indonesia, Iran, Myanmar, Australia and eight African countries including South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania …

India is the lone absentee at China’s Indian Ocean forum of 19 countries
2 years ago

India is the lone absentee at China’s Indian Ocean forum of 19 countries

The Hindu  

China this week convened a first “China-Indian Ocean Region Forum” bringing together 19 countries from the region – and all of India’s neighbours, except for India itself, the lone absentee from a new Beijing strategic initiative. Earlier this year, during a visit to Sri Lanka, Foreign Minister Wang Yi proposed creating another forum “on the development of Indian Ocean island …

Free And Open Indo-Pacific: 4-Nation Malabar Exercise And Its Strategic Importance For India
2 years, 1 month ago

Free And Open Indo-Pacific: 4-Nation Malabar Exercise And Its Strategic Importance For India

ABP News  

From bilateral Indo-US naval engagement three decades ago, the Malabar has evolved into a formidable four-nation maritime force, unitedly challenging the emerging threat from a regional “warlord” and a potential superpower, which takes prides in calling itself the dragon, the ferocious looking, fire spewing imaginary flying animal. Since China intends to establish its control and suzerainty over most part of …

India and Australia have common interest in Indian Ocean region: Australian Navy
2 years, 1 month ago

India and Australia have common interest in Indian Ocean region: Australian Navy

Live Mint  

Australia is increasing its military cooperation with India and both countries have common interests in the Indian Ocean region, which is an important area for Australia, Rear Admiral Jonathan Earley, Commander of the Australian Fleet said on Tuesday. It is one of Australia's key regional maritime engagements and under it, the Navy of the country is visiting 14 countries in …

A risky new status quo
2 years, 3 months ago

A risky new status quo

The Hindu  

India and China appear to be mending fences, gingerly. The buffer zones and Depsang’s status both suit China’s objectives because they limit India’s military activities near the LAC, which analysts judge had partly motivated China’s initial incursions in 2020. China still claims Arunachal Pradesh as its own, and just as it has pressed its maritime claims once its growing capabilities …

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