China-India competition

Can the rival Asian giants expand their influence without destabilizing the region?

Yun Sun and Jagannath Panda discuss China and India's battle for influence and power projection across South Asia.

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.