The debacle in that war was rightly blamed on the Nehru government for its military unpreparedness and for its inability to fathom China’s larger strategic objectives. Also read: Analysis | With China, India will have to be 'atmanirbhar'China’s strategic objectivesIn both cases New Delhi failed to fully understand China’s fundamental strategic objectives regarding India. Nehru could be impugned for his idealistic notion of Afro-Asian solidarity and his suspicion of America’s strategic designs that influenced his thinking on China. However, the present government, which by its own admission is firmly committed to national security above everything else and whose foreign policy actions are driven by transactional rather than idealistic considerations, seems to be equally naïve about Beijing’s long-term strategic objectives. In fact, the Pakistani challenge to India has become magnified because of its nexus with China.

Source: The Hindu June 21, 2020 18:45 UTC