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The buffer zones, which involved a pullback from specific friction points on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) by Indian and Chinese troops, remain but patrolling has been restored to full extent

Resumption of Indian Patrolling Along LAC Reduces Salience of Buffer Zones

Border breakthrough happened as keeping troops locked up in Himalayas delivered diminishing returns to China more than four years after the bloody clash at Galwan

Beijing Backs Down

The India-China border thaw indicates Chinese tactical incursions along the Line of Actual Control have reached a point of diminishing returns

BJP in America

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with BJP volunteers in the US who worked behind the scenes for his public engagements

Tread Carefully

Any peace deal should not be about formalising China’s strategic advantages

Modi 3.0 Faces the Dragon

Is greater economic engagement with China feasible at a time when New Delhi is moving closer to Beijing’s red lines on Taiwan, Tibet and South China Sea?

How India Lost the Case on Tibet

How India Lost the Case on Tibet: Nehru ignored red flags, misread communist China and the implications for India’s security

A Chance Against China

A bipartisan US resolution revives the debate on Tibet’s status and offers India a window to correct its own historic blunder

No Face-Saver for China

India has refused to present China with any ‘face-saver’ to facilitate a quiet withdrawal

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