At the second event of the series ‘India's Place in the World', a collaboration between The Indian Express and Financial Times, senior policy leaders spoke on India's diplomatic position in the new world order, and its evolving ties with the United States and China.
Speaking on how the India-China stand-off in 2020 has put the relationship between the two countries in “crisis”, former National Security Advisor and former Ambassador to China, Shivshankar Menon, said that going back to old agreements would not bring back the trust and one has to wonder if the countries can achieve “a new equilibrium” after this. “I don't know what the government is doing — there have been talks, discussions and disengagement — but there are still points where tensions are there. I think our Army Chief said the other day that we have almost 50,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Let's see when and how we actually get out of this. Saying we'll restore the status quo is not the answer,” he said.
Menon was speaking at a panel discussion titled ‘India and China: Uneasy Neighbours' along with Lt General SL Narasimhan, Director General, Centre for Contemporary China Studies, and Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India; and Yun Sun, Senior Fellow and Director of China Program, Stimson Centre, which was moderated by Gideon Rachman, Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times.
They discussed the fraught…
