Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan is Senior Fellow at the Institute of Security Studies (ISS), Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Her areas of research include US foreign and security policy, military strategies of major Asian powers including China, United States, Japan and Russia, and US missile defence issues. She can be reached at rajeswarirajagopalan@gmail.com.
China’s missile defence test could possibly up the ante in the region, with other regional powers considering measures in reaction.
Chinese military modernization and its resulting aggressive posturing have serious implications for Asian stability and Indian security.