Appeasing China Won’t Help India Counter Trump

Appeasement has never tamed revisionist powers, and it has often emboldened them. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi learned this the hard way during his first years in power, when China took advantage of his goodwill to alter the Himalayan status quo in its favour, but now he is at risk of falling into the same trap.

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Brahma Chellaney

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