Empowered India, Not Allies, Can Check China: India’s Ex US Envoy

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Escalated tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control are reminiscent of 1962, when the two...

Posted by The Quint on Sunday, June 21, 2020

Escalated tensions between India and China along the Line of Actual Control are reminiscent of 1962, when the two countries went to war. After the killing of 20 Indian soldiers, India has a momentous task ahead: managing domestic expectations and strategising a response to China.

The Quint’s Opinions Editor, Nishtha Gautam, talks to ‘power siblings’ Lt Gen (retd) AK Singh and Mrs Meera Shankar. While Lt Gen Singh served as Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Puducherry after he retired from the military as Army Commander, Mrs Shankar has served as India’s ambassador to the United States of America and Germany.