India’s Options If China Does A NATO In South Asia

Assistant Director, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Col Rajeev Agarwal’s article ‘India’s Options if China Does a NATO in South Asia’ has been published in Bharat Shakti on 12 March 2022.

China has demonstrated that it is not a neighbour that can be relied upon. Any military misadventure by China which goes beyond locally manageable issues can spiral out of control very quickly and bring us face to face with two nuclear weapon powers with their guns trained at each other. India’s deft diplomacy will hopefully hold out as the first line of defence and prevent any mishap. But we need to be prepared for all possible outcomes, say Col Agarwal.

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