China-India competition

Despite similar interests and ambitions, China’s economic presence in the region outweighs India’s.

Gwadar and Chabahar emerge as more than ports – they are strategic battlegrounds where economic ambitions, regional and global power collide.

Thus far, India’s strategy appears to be a reactionary stance focused more on countering China than on responding to the specific dynamics of the Arctic region.

For sustainable growth, Afghanistan must maintain control over its resources while seeking investments that promote local development.

BRICS eyes expansion, but without a coherent agenda. Meanwhile, rhetoric about respect for international law sours beside Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

New Delhi needs to assess if China’s growing involvement in the Gulf is detrimental to its long-term security interests and the regional balance of power.

Surveillance balloons are a new threat to reckon with in the grey zone – and a wake-up call for India to enhance its intelligence and counterintelligence proficiency. 

The same sea lanes that China depends on serve India’s friends and partners as well.

A Taiwan Strait conflict could also spark a Sino-Indian war in the Himalayas.

A recent trip by China’s defense minister featured key stops on the planned International North South Transport Corridor, India’s answer to the Belt and Road.

India is not completely dependent on Chinese technologies in its power plants, but New Delhi wants to further decrease what reliance does exist.

The Quad may still be a mist-covered structure but Indo-Japanese cooperation against China is becoming more concrete.

In the ongoing contest between China and India for influence, New Delhi has made some gains in the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

China’s growing footprint in Sri Lanka has been of concern to India.

The PLA views India’s growing military cooperation with the United States with some concern but generally does not consider India a major threat.

India’s sees subregional engagement, like the expanding Colombo Security Conclave, as critical for securing its strategic interests.

China’s recent advances with Iran and Turkey have been accompanied by Indian setbacks.

New Delhi should not miss the openings created by Beijing's aggression across a range of issues.

The country continues to be a prime area of competition for both Asian powers in the South Asia region.

Last year, both sides managed to safeguard improvements in the relationship, but without progress on the underlying causes of tension.

India is readying a submarine for Myanmar, but New Delhi won't replace Beijing as a top defense supplier.

A blueprint for Sri Lanka’s foreign policy.

Why the recent East Asia Summit was important for India.

How far does the bilateral deal go in legitimizing India as a nuclear state?