India’s Relationship with China and Taiwan
2019.12.06
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Author:
Director/Senior International Defense Research Analyst, Cyber and Intelligence Policy Center, RAND
Rich Girven
Abstract
This paper suggests that over the course of their shared relationship, India’s thinking about China as the central political force in Asia and a nation with which to tread lightly, is slowly changing to thinking about China as a more equal peer competitor than in the past, a nation that India should and can negotiate with, disagree with, and if necessary, push back against with force. Taiwan provides India some real and potential opportunities for investment, trade, research and development, and technology enhancements, but it serves an equal if not more valuable function to India as a growing reminder to Beijing that India refuses to be encircled or bullied.
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