China-India competition

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.