Hypothetically, if Tibet were to become an independent state, it would host a massive American military base. Imagine the US controlling such a strategic piece of territory in the heart of continental Asia. Do we really need more destructive conflicts being waged on the India-China periphery and Eurasian heartland? It is unthinkable. During the early Cold War, India — irresponsibly one might add — got caught up in a proxy role to destabilize China’s control on Tibet. How did that end up ? A major India-China war in 1962, while the U.S. washed its hands off the whole affair. Did India receive any benefits from its sacrifices to help in the U.S. containment of China? To the contrary, other than inviting permanent hostility from China and precipitating a dramatic strategic partnership between China and Pakistan, India was also cut down to size by U.S. military allies and technologically checked from developing itself. In substance, this basic US policy framework remains intact. India has found self-deceptive ways to build the U.S. relationship. As for the India-China frontiers, this has a long history tracing back to British India and there have been several attempts to solve this dispute. Many of those instances would have actually left India in an advantageous geopolitical position but from various reasons they did not yield any positive results. Nevertheless, India’s core interests are likely to be addressed in a final settlement of the dispute. What the past decade also shows is there is no military solution to the boundary question. After a prolonged period of tension, the LAC is a zone of stability today, particularly when compared to other escalating conflicts around the world. The policy challenge or rather opportunity for India and China is to craft a renewed policy framework that brings a level of stability and forward looking goals to guide the entire relationship. The rapidly changing world order obliges both countries to attempt a meaningful process of rapprochement and normalization. This is in India’s vital interests too.

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