New Delhi’s Balancing Act

23 Aug 2022 | C. Raja MOHAN

THE INDIAN EXPRESS

APLN member C Raja Mohan writes: ‘Strategic play’ must guide India in the coming years — reducing the power gap with China, building the capacity to deter Beijing’s aggressive actions on its land and maritime frontiers, and rebalancing the Indo-Pacific.

“India wishes to sit on top of the mountain to watch the tigers fight.” This was the assessment of a Chinese scholar reviewing India’s approach to the unfolding conflict in Taiwan. In a column for the Global Times, Liu Zongyi argues that India will be a major beneficiary if the US can contain China in East Asia and the Western Pacific.

Read the full article on The Indian Express here. (paywall)

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