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The Dalai Lama has affirmed that his successor will be born outside of China. What does this news mean for China, India – where the leader of Tibetan Buddhism now lives in exile – and Tibet? 📝 Last year, Vijay Gokhale explored this question and looked beyond the India-China

In his new book ‘Voice of the Voiceless’ HH the Dalai Lama said his re-incarnation will be born in the free world. My paper on this topic for @Carnegie India might be of interest in this context. go.carnegieendowment.org/ODEzLVhZVS00Mj…

Long and interesting piece by Noah Smith 🐇 on China’s nascent efforts to slow down India’s efforts to climb up industrial value chain. noahpinion.blog/p/china-is-try…

Delighted to see my Lowy Institute paper published as a Penguin Special Penguin Books. Available March 18.

Mao Keji, Chinese scholar, on India. See Q.10. Says India’s rise could change world order, but sceptical. Says Trump unlikely to align with India fully, hence India needs China. Ch. scholarship reluctant to admit big changes underway. sinification.com/p/mao-keji-on-…

Beijing holds first diplomatic conference focusing specifically on neighborhood since 2013. Trump Administration policy is impacting China’s policy. Report by South China Morning Post scmp.com/news/china/dip…

Good perspective on China’s ban on rare earths exports and implications for it, in thread by Pranay Kotasthane

A thoughtful assessment by Christopher Clary of the balance of power between India and China in terms of whether India has balanced adequately.

Essays by three up and coming Indian scholars on China by Amit Kumar Suyash Desai and Aadil Brar are worth reading.

My piece in today’s New Indian Express on the situation in Taiwan strait and why that matters to India. newindianexpress.com/opinions/2025/…

My short piece in yesterday’s Times of India on China’s new White Paper on National Security. Highlights are primacy accorded regime security, and importance of cross-linkages between development and national security.

My interview for Global Lens in CNBC TV18 on China youtube.com/watch?v=6EZXDh…

My conversation with Nitin A. Gokhale on China including negotiations after Galwan crisis. A new chapter about it is in latest edition of The Long Game. youtu.be/9mHEflD7U5s?si…

An important read if accurate. China is testing economic sanctions in low-key way to judge how India reacts. Bears very close watching. swarajyamag.com/news-brief/chi…

Latest edition of ‘The Long Game -How Chinese Negotiate with India’ has NEW chapter on Galwan. In bookstores only. Check on masthead for ‘With New Chapter on Galwan Crisis’. Analyzes PRC motives in east Ladakh in 2020 and goals, strategy,tactics in negotiating with India. 

My paper on this topic published by @Carnegie India in December 2024 May be accessed here: go.carnegieendowment.org/ODEzLVhZVS00Mj…

Insightful interview by Shashank Mattoo of Ely Ratner on India, the US, QUAD and the challenge of dealing with China. hindustantimes.com/india-news/pac…

“#IndiaChina relations are in a state of uneasy equilibrium. They will remain in armed co-existence until mistrust goes, former foreign secy and ex- ambassador to China,⁦Vijay Gokhale⁩ tells me in this detailed interview @frontline #Latitude. Link👇🏼 youtube.com/watch?v=l-NKsT…