After years of infrastructure development and gradual encroachment, China is accelerating efforts to secure its military presence and access to water rights along the India-China border near Ladakh.
By Sim Tack
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
The two countries' deadly border clash has fueled a surge of anti-China sentiment in India that will prompt Modi to take a more aggressive approach against Beijing.
Modi has signaled a willingness to use force to manage border tensions with Beijing, which would mark a dramatic shift from India’s decadeslong strategy of dialogue and deconfliction.
By Rodger Baker
A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.
Whether escalation ensues remains to be seen, but China's growing economic and military might have substantially changed the dynamic on the contested border.
If India experiences the same kind of outbreak that better-prepared nations are struggling to manage, the South Asian giant soon could find itself with millions of deaths and a ravaged economy.
The pandemic has raised alarm about the potential cutoff of critically important drugs from China and India. But the industry’s global supply chains are nonetheless still largely intact.
By Greg Priddy
While intended to curb the blow of lockdown measures, New Delhi's new stimulus package -- combined with other COVID-19 market shocks -- will only further delay its economic recovery.
As the pandemic monopolizes more of the world’s time, money and attention, recent attacks in Kashmir and Iraq highlight how countries and militants could use the outbreak to act more aggressively.
