14/05/2021 - International Relations

KEY POINTS

·        More broadly, the India-China bilateral relationship has ruptured. Political relations are marked by hostility and distrust.

·        On the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and beyond, India’s military and political leaders will need to learn the right lessons from Ladakh, to ensure they are better postured to meet the challenge of Chinese coercion.

Lessons

·        The Indian military’s standing doctrine calls for deterring adversaries with the threat of massive punitive retaliation for any aggression, capturing enemy territory as bargaining leverage in post-war talks.

·        This action served to deny that key terrain to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and gave the Indian Army a stronger defensive position.

·        China is more likely to be deterred with the threat of political costs, rather than material costs.

·        India successfully raised the risks of the crisis for China through its threat of a political rupture, not military punishment.

·        To the extent that China adjusted its position in the Ladakh crisis, it did so because it was responding to the cumulative effect of multiple pressure points most of which were out of India’s control.

·        India should consider accepting more risk on the LAC in exchange for long-term leverage and influence in the Indian Ocean Region.

·        India has traditionally been the dominant power in the Indian Ocean Region and stands to cede significant political influence and security.

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