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Doklam Plateau and Three Warfares Strategy

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  • Nagender S. P. Bisht

    (JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)

  • Rajeev Jain

    (School of Management, JECRC University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India)

  • Victor Gambhir

    (Maharishi Markandeshwar University(MMU), Mullana, Ambala, Haryana, India)

Abstract

India-China border has not been formally demarcated and there are areas where both sides have differing perception of Line of Actual Control (LAC), and its perception on ground have led to a number of skirmishes and standoffs, Doklam being the most recent. The differentiating factor in this standoff was that it took place in a third country, Bhutan. This crisis will remain an important indicator of Indian and Chinese strategic behaviour in any future crisis between the two emerging powers. This will also reflect on India’s relations with other countries in South Asia and vice versa. A major aspect of Indian strategic behaviour that emerged from this crisis was that India can play the game of military brinkmanship and win it. During this crisis, the Chinese strategy of Three Warfares was in full flow and all three components—public opinion/media, legal and psychological warfare—were unleashed on India. This article is based on Indian and Chinese government briefings and press releases, media both print and electronic of the two countries, social media, journals, government reports, and books of the two countries.

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  • Nagender S. P. Bisht & Rajeev Jain & Victor Gambhir, 2019. "Doklam Plateau and Three Warfares Strategy," China Report, , vol. 55(4), pages 293-309, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:chnrpt:v:55:y:2019:i:4:p:293-309
    DOI: 10.1177/0009445519875234
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