Towards Stability: Redefining India-China Border Relations Post-Galwan

Abstract

 What has transpired for the last three years since the Galwan valley encounter is portrayed well in the research paper with equal emphasis on not only history but geography too and therefore the reader gets an understanding of the border security predicament. History has shown that, although there are established measures for de escalation, lack of trust together with unfavourable geography makes these disengagements quite challenging and vulnerable to unanticipated clashes. The escalation of tensions over the India e china borders has made it much more essential than before to grasp the border management agreements that were signed in the 1990s. These bilateral treaties served the purpose of promoting peace and avoiding conflict through synchronous force reduction on both sides, but as we have observed, there has been a continued increase in tensions which has hindered any progress in stabilizing the borders. Factors which make achieving some of the long term goals difficult will also not be entirely ignored, along with the current scenario in which total mutual trust seems impossible. Instead, it makes sense to compare with experiences from China and Russia and their simultaneous force reduction agreements in light of distrust and underdeveloped infrastructure.It can also be seen that India’s strategy should be built on three interrelated aspects which allow India to maintain a feel of ‘offensive’ posture along the LAC, a level of restraint in terms of the number of units so as to be able to change the aggressors mind and then finally in the course of time reach some sort of settlement with China in order to restore peace on the border. Overall move analysis highlights the argument that while there is a difference, even with the current tensions .