Foreign Affairs with Future Leaders Borders and Beyond: New Strategic Challenges in Sino-Indian Relations

As two of the strongest and most quickly rising economic and military powers in Asia, the relationship between China and India has enormous implications for evolving regional power dynamics and international security. This year, the two giants faced off in a series of border escalations, especially along the disputed Line of Actual Control, which has served as the de facto frontier between the two states since the war between them in 1962. These skirmishes, which have been violent at times, broke out over a backdrop of heightened economic competition between India and China as well as increasing contention for influence in the Indian Ocean and South Asia. In this discussion, we will speak with Dr. Deepa Ollapally about developments in the recent border standoff, why relations between Beijing and New Delhi may never be the same, and what these shifts could mean for the region and beyond.

Foreign Affairs with Future Leaders is a series of youth-led discussions which analyze various international issues and topics by collaboratively addressing their most critical questions. They are co-hosted by the Onero Institute and the Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity at GWU. This discussion is also co-hosted by the Rising Powers Initiative.