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Warning Tibet ignored: Gyalo Thondup and China's takeover

India, Oct. 11 -- History often turns on moments when warnings are dismissed. In 1952, Gyalo Thondup-brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama-visited Tibet and returned with a stark message: China's int... Read More


Allies are not bargaining chips: USA's commitments in Asia must be non-negotiable

India, Oct. 4 -- Trump's instinct to leverage alliances as bargaining tools against China undermines the very deterrence they are meant to provide. Alliances are not poker chips. They are the scaffold... Read More


Tibetan diaspora in America shows Xi that Tibet cannot be silenced

India, Sept. 27 -- In cities like Minneapolis, New York, and San Francisco, Tibetan-Americans have rebuilt monasteries, organized cultural festivals, and taught Tibetan language to younger generations... Read More


Why India cannot trust China

India, Sept. 13 -- India cannot trust China, not because of paranoia, but because of a demonstrable pattern of aggression, expansionism, and disregard for agreements. India's relationship with China ... Read More


China's balancing act on Iran at SCO summit

India, Sept. 6 -- China's manoeuvring is a reminder that Beijing seeks to play all sides. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek last week offered a revealing glimpse into Beij... Read More


Xi's tyranny in Tibet: A frontier of darkness

India, Aug. 23 -- China's rule in Tibet has always been heavy-handed, but under Xi Jinping it has become tyrannical. Since 1950, Tibet has endured Beijing's heavy hand, but under Xi Jinping the repre... Read More


India's cartographic counterstrike

India, Aug. 16 -- Beijing's repeated renaming of places in Arunachal is cartographic aggression. In the long shadow of the Himalayas, maps have become weapons. Beijing's repeated attempts to rename p... Read More


Xi's bargain in Delhi: Borders for reincarnation

India, Aug. 9 -- The price Xi may demand is not territorial but spiritual. Beijing insists that the succession of the Dalai Lama is a matter of Chinese sovereignty, not Tibetan tradition. When Xi Jin... Read More


China risks misreading its own success

India, July 26 -- Great powers that succumb to historical determinism often stumble. There is a dangerous temptation in Beijing today: the belief that China's rise is not the product of contingency, ... Read More