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. @prakashmenon51 :Historically, the failure to leverage military gains has been the bane of India’s diplomatic and foreign policy exertions. In the Ladakh situation, India must not confuse between military and strategic advantage. 1/ https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/reversing-china-s-ascendancy-914163.html
^^ In the present situation, the primary goal of foreign policy has to be about disabusing China of the notion that India can be coerced through the use of military force. 2/
^^primary reason lies in the framework of the ongoing struggle for supremacy between China and America.China has,in all probability,weaponised the Sino-Indian border situation in the process of establishing itself as the Asian hegemon.Psychological ascendency is the objective. 3/
Post-Doklam,India acquiesced in China’s military occupation..in the arena of Sino-Indian psychological relations,where it mattered most,China understood India can be pressured & its strategic behaviour manipulated as long as it did not cause domestic political embarrassment 4/
Militarily, the border situation may become stalemated and physically frozen. Politically, this can be a psychological advantage for India, if it conveys through deeds and actions that China’s military power will be contested. So far, India has done that. 5/
India should now dig in its heels and not view the issue as purely a matter of military dynamics. Instead, the bottom line should be that de-escalation must be preceded by China adhering to its agreements and signifying its willingness to fulfilling its commitments 6/
India should not be in any hurry to merely solve the issue militarily and seek only the restoration of the status quo ante, which would provide short-term relief. But it should keep the field open for another Chinese military move next summer 7/
The military situation is better kept frozen and only then can India politically take advantage to convey its political resolve to China and change the contours of the psychological ascendancy achieved by the Chinese, post-Doklam. 8/8 https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/reversing-china-s-ascendancy-914163.html
