China looms large in the minds of India’s planners – owing to its large military budget, its modernisation plans and the aggressive posturing in the South China Sea – but there is not enough public discussion as to what a future India-China war might look like. This gap has been impressively addressed in a paper by Iskander Rehman for the Naval War College Review titled ‘A Himalayan Challenge: India’s Conventional Deterrent and the Role of Special Operations Forces along the Sino-Indian Border’. Read | After 1962 war, CIA feared China could attack India through Nepal, MyanmarTo begin with, Rehman outlines four factors that will shape India-China conflict. India maintains its large body of troops relatively close to the border while China stations a limited number in its interior in Tibet. Right now a paper originating in a western institution is initiating a conversation on India-China conflict.

Source: Hindustan Times January 28, 2017 03:57 UTC