India-China

At the bilateral level, its friends are happy to sell it arms but it is yet unable to make its interests the world’s interests in global forums.

Among other things, India shares with Beijing and Moscow concern over the U.S. increasingly weaponizing the dollar.

Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a tense standoff along their disputed border in Ladakh since 2020.

The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers are scheduled to meet later this week in Moscow amid a dramatic turn in the four-month long Ladakh crisis.

The global pandemic has hit amid the 70th anniversary mark for relations and affected perceptions and realities in ties.  

New reports have surfaced regarding a previously headline-grabbing, controversial development.

New Delhi’s expected involvement amid recent tensions with some other participants will make for interesting dynamics.

The already tenuous effort by both sides to manage their ties has been further complicated by contemporary developments.

Beijing’s move, though unsurprising, is not without significance.

Both developments came in late 2013 and yield important lessons about China's preferences in border disputes.