The Trans-Himalayan ‘Quad,’ Beijing’s Territorialism, and India

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Jagannath Panda's Special Featured Article ‘The Trans-Himalayan 'Quad', Beijing's Territorialism, and India’ has been published by China Brief in Jamestown Foundation, USA, on November 12, 2020. 

The article argues that China is seeking to combine economic cooperation with geopolitical gains in the trans-Himalayan region through multiple new assemblages and pathways. The fluid and open-ended nature of the BRI projects have been easily repackaged in China’s post-pandemic diplomacy. In such a scenario, it is imperative for India to abandon its languid foreign policy approach, exercise more pre-emptive authority and delineate its agenda well, not only to secure its border territories but also exude more confidence as a strong middle power in the Indo-Pacific.

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