With its rapidly growing power, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, reflected in its hardening stance toward India. Nowhere is this clearer than in its use of the region's water supply, much of which originates on the Tibetan plateau, as a political weapon.
NEW DELHI – As China and India gain economic heft, they are drawing ever more international attention at the time of an ongoing global shift of power to Asia. Their underlying strategic dissonance and rivalry, however, usually attracts less notice.
As its power grows, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, a tendency reflected in its hardening stance toward India. This includes aggressive patrolling of the disputed Himalayan frontier by the People’s Liberation Army, many violations of the line of control separating the two giants, new assertiveness concerning India’s northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state – which China claims as its own – and vituperative attacks on India in the state-controlled Chinese media.
The issues that divide India and China, however, extend beyond territorial disputes. Water is becoming a key security issue in Sino-Indian relations and a potential source of enduring discord.
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Although foreign policy may feel remote to most people, it has always been heavily integrated with domestic politics and deeper historical legacies. Nowhere is this more apparent than in US policy toward Israel.
consider how the idea of Israel has featured in US foreign policy over time.
The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has begun, and so far, President Xi Jinping has had a lot more to say about national pride and security than about the economy’s rapid downturn. With Xi set to be confirmed for an unprecedented third term, we asked PS commentators whether the country is headed down a self-destructive – even dangerous – path.
NEW DELHI – As China and India gain economic heft, they are drawing ever more international attention at the time of an ongoing global shift of power to Asia. Their underlying strategic dissonance and rivalry, however, usually attracts less notice.
As its power grows, China seems determined to choke off Asian competitors, a tendency reflected in its hardening stance toward India. This includes aggressive patrolling of the disputed Himalayan frontier by the People’s Liberation Army, many violations of the line of control separating the two giants, new assertiveness concerning India’s northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state – which China claims as its own – and vituperative attacks on India in the state-controlled Chinese media.
The issues that divide India and China, however, extend beyond territorial disputes. Water is becoming a key security issue in Sino-Indian relations and a potential source of enduring discord.
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