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Believing its own rhetoric of major power status, and hence China’s peer competitor, India thought it could, like the US, combat, compete and cooperate on its own terms with China. But is that true?
Starkly different approaches to 2,100-mile line of actual control on show as defence ministers meet in Delhi
The move will bring India closer to war with China, which it cannot win. The US cannot help in such a situation either.
Neither the Indian government nor the military has any comprehension of the worst that will happen – it’s no longer a question of if, but when.
From the role of drones, AI and civil-military fusion to his emphasis on boots on the ground, the former Indian army chief is looking at concepts that China has left way behind.