Recent developments in India-China relations suggest a careful but deliberate attempt at stabilisation, after years of deep strain following the 2020 border crisis. The appointment of Vikram Doraiswami as India’s new Ambassador to China, positive signalling from Beijing, and evolving economic policy choices in New Delhi together reflect a pragmatic recalibration. Illustration by The Geostrata This is shaped by both geopolitical and economic compulsions. This emerging approach

Geography is destiny. Nowhere is that true more than in the Brahmaputra basin, where China's position as an upper riparian state transformed this shared river into an instrument of silent coercion. Illustration by The Geostrata The Yarlung Tsangpo as it is called in Tibet before it flows down into Arunachal Pradesh as the Siang and spreads into Assam as the mighty Brahmaputra is not just a watercourse but a lifeline for many as it sustains agriculture, drinking water and ecol

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“You can change your friends but not your neighbours,” quoted by former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, is a truism in international relations....

“You can change friends, but you can’t change neighbours” - former PM Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee The Indian subcontinent is strategically...