India is losing its regional primacy as Beijing and Washington move in
Smaller states now command a widening array of options, and India’s primacy is quietly giving way. Regional leadership can no longer rest on geography and must be sustained through credible and mutually beneficial engagements that compare favourably with the alternatives.China’s challenge begins at India’s border. Both countries .css-jfmysa{display:inline;word-break:break-word;}.css-1ankfgb{cursor:pointer;display:inline;word-break:break-word;}fought in 1962, continue to dispute a frontier of roughly 3,500km and had their deadliest confrontation in decades in the Galwan Valley in 2020.
- ▪Smaller states now command a widening array of options, and India’s primacy is quietly giving way.
- ▪Regional leadership can no longer rest on geography and must be sustained through credible and mutually beneficial engagements that compare favourably with the alternatives.China’s challenge begins at India’s border.
- ▪Both countries .css-jfmysa{display:inline;word-break:break-word;}.css-1ankfgb{cursor:pointer;display:inline;word-break:break-word;}fought in 1962, continue to dispute a frontier of roughly 3,500km and had their deadliest confrontation in de
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