All Things Policy Deliberating a New Modus Vivendi with China
India-China relations are dynamic, featuring periods of marked conflict, competition, and some cooperation. Structurally, however, the relations face significant challenges today, in domains ranging from the boundary dispute and trade imbalance, to broader tensions surrounding leadership of the 'Global South', burgeoning US-China contestation, and competing visions for a regional order. And even though the structural faultlines cannot be wished away, they require a crisp and innovative means to think about achieving equilibrium and some stability.
In this episode of 'All Things Policy', Manoj Kewalramani speaks to Anushka Saxena about a pathway towards achieving a new modus vivendi with China. He sheds light on the influential strands of thought shaping the two neighbours' policies toward each other, while also proposing a 6-part framework for India to consider as it approaches the 'China question'. Manoj's detailed ideas are also elaborated in his latest research paper for Takshashila, entitled 'Contours of a New Modus Vivendi with China'.
Link: https://takshashila.org.in/research/contours-of-a-new-modus-vivendi-with-china
Amit Kumar's conceptual framework on dependence and vulnerabilities (referenced in the ATP episode): https://takshashila.org.in/research/takshashila-discussion-document-defining-dependence-induced-vulnerabilities-in-asymmetrical-trade-interdependence-a-conceptual-framework
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