New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- In an era marked by shifting global alliances and the erosion of traditional superpower dominance, China represents a clear and present danger to India's political and security architecture-not merely through conventional military buildup along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), but through a sophisticated, multi-domain strategy that leverages non-state actors, grey-zone tactics, and economic concentration risks.

Speaking exclusively with ANI, Samir Saran, President of the Observer Research Foundation, observed that the 2020s have fundamentally rewritten the rules of modern warfare and geopolitical leverage. Superpowers can no longer dictate terms through sheer size or conventional carrier strike groups; smaller acto...