Srivatsan asked: Can we use the Tibet card as a bargaining chip against China? Was our tacit acceptance of Tibet as a part of China a mistake?

Reply: Kindly refer to an earlier reply by Prashant Kumar Singh to a similar query, at http://idsa.in/askanexpert/recogniseTibetasanintegralpartofChina

Also, refer to the following publications:

IDSA Task Force Report, “Tibet and India's Security: Himalayan Region, Refugees and Sino-Indian Relations”, 2012 (ISBN: 81-86019-99-5), at http://idsa.in/book/TibetandIndiasSecurity

Mandip Singh, “Critical Assessment of China's Vulnerabilities in Tibet”, IDSA Occasional Paper No. 30, 2013, at http://www.idsa.in/occasionalpapers/CriticalAssessmentofChinasVulnerabilitiesinTibet

Yeshi Choedon, “Transformation of Tibet Issue from Hope to Despair: What Next?”, February 12, 2013, at http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/Transformation%20ofTibetIssue_YChoedon_120213

Shailender Arya, “Infrastructure Development and Chinese War Waging Capabilities in Tibet”, Journal of Defence Studies, Vol. 5, Issue 3, July 2011, at http://www.idsa.in/jds/5_3_2011_InfrastructureDevelopmentandChineseWarWagingCapabilitiesinTibet_ShailenderArya

Dawa Norbu, “Chinese Strategic Thinking on Tibet and the Himalayan Region”, From the Archives, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 32, Issue 4, July 2008, at http://www.idsa.in/strategicanalysis/ChineseStrategicThinkingonTibetandtheHimalayanRegion_dnorbo_0708