Crosswinds: Book Launch | Decoding India's China Policy after Independence | DU Lit. Fest
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- The complex geopolitical landscape of the years 1949 to 1959 saw the establishment of China's communist regime, declining British Empire and the emerging superpower, United States. Also amidst all this the newly Independent India was seeking its place in the region amid Cold War tensions. The book delves into the roles of key figures like Nehru, Zhou Enlai, and Truman, highlighting the dynamics of Indian diplomacy during its early years.
About the speakers:
Author Vijay Gokhale was the 32nd Foreign Secretary of India and retired from the Indian Foreign Service after a diplomatic career spanning 39 years. He has also served as India’s high commissioner to Malaysia, as ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China. He has worked extensively on matters relating to the Indo-Pacific region with a special emphasis on Chinese politics and diplomacy. He has contributed opinion pieces to the New York Times, Foreign Policy, Times of India, the Hindu, and the Indian Express and written three books on China.
Mr. Shiv Shankar Menon served as National Security Advisor to the Indian Prime; Foreign Secretary of India; and as Ambassador and High Commissioner of India to Israel, Sri Lanka, China and Pakistan. He has served in the mission to the IAEA in Vienna and in the Department of Atomic Energy in Mumbai. He has published Choices: Inside the Making of Indian Foreign Policy in 2016 and India and Asian Geopolitics: The Past, Present. He is also the visiting Professor at Ashoka University and Chair of the Ashoka Centre for China Studies.
Ms. Palki Sharma Upadhyay is the managing editor at Firstpost. She is an accomplished Indian news editor, presenter and journalist. She has previously worked WION (World is One News) and CNN-News18.
Topics Covered:
00:00 Indo - Chinese Relationship
01:03 Welcome Address
04:51 Unveiling of the Book
06:13 Why Mr. Vijay Gokhale Wrote this Book
07:51 What Transpired Before India gave Recognition to People’s Republic of China
09:41 Nehru’s Strategic Vision on China and US
11:26 Why India could not build Strategy and Tactics w.r.t. China
11:51 Where India China Relations Stand Today
13:32 Similarity between Geopolitical Landscape of 1949 and Today
14:33 Policymaking During Uncertain Times
17:08 China - Dependence and Security Concerns
20:24 Role of Consultation and Personal Equation in Policy Formation
23:32 Why India’s China policy Failed?
25:01 Institutionalisation of Policymaking
26:51 Western Approach to China
30:08 EU & China - What India Needs to be Careful About
31:11 China’s Weaknesses
33:07 India’s Outlook towards China
37:36 Role of Diplomacy in Countering China
39:06 How can Maritime Theatre Command counter China
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Dear Palki… you’ve proven several times over that you don’t have to be bullish to stand your place in the media.. you can be gentle feminine yet resilient robust and lead from the front ❤❤
Mr Gokhale's books on China are always insightful. Looking forward to read this one.
"Pride as a Nation" should be our only Mantra.
Excellent panel discussion! It was quite insightful and clearly showed the vast amount of experience panel members have amassed through their respective tenures in foreign affairs. International geopolitics is indeed quite interesting and complicated - there are so many variables at play and in the engineering lingo “there is no closed-form solution to the partial differential equation that governs this world”. And as always, Palki Ma’am was wonderful with her sharp-witted questions that shows her own deep understanding on this subject. Huge fan of her journalistic style!
This should reach more people.. while stupid stuff circulates like wildfire, truth is struggling..
Beautiful interesting important
What Menon’s says India must leverage Indian strength if any with dealing with China…..
India must do three times more in critical defence technologies and manufacturing if India wishes to be honourable member of great powers team.
From the literature available one can conclude that Nehru was not in mood of listening to anyone against China. Even then Army Chief Themmaya warned Nehru on Chinese development across borders and Tibet. Bht he overpowered him and Krishna Menon was asked to take over. We all have seen ehat mess it made in 1962.
Leaders need to make an immature system into a mature one by their power and politics. Nehru's failure is lack of faith and confidence in himself and others which led current legacy problem. We have to learn from our historical mistakes.
Is it happening still .. between UK and India…?
41:52 But INDIA is already doing these now!
This man Shivshankar Menon currently making such statements that are always against our policy and he was NSA during 2006-2009, not sure what he has done along with MMS.
In the end politices is politices.
Nehru represented Congress Party
Congress philosophy was not to build roads and infrastructure on China Border
On the other hand we have now nationalist Government
Difference is current government building aggressively building border infrastructure
Because Nehru knew that those were Chinese territories and China would take them back sooner or later, but Modi was confused.
On a lighter note, palki has started to dress up like an International Relations Professor
Please help India's ambition to become the next superpower, so that the US will shift its attention to India.
India's growth is inclusive unlike US China who proclaim we are the one.
where is panchsheel standing on? where is peaceful co-existence between India & China? I dont see Panchsheel and peaceful co-existence on the border No McMohanline & Johnson line. China dont accept them.
Shiv Shankar Menon tries to pander to the West.
Fear of China 😂
Bane Rehna chahiye
Jab yah power mein the to inhone indo china relation ke bare mein kya kiya?
Inhone Sarkar ke samne kaun sa landmark sthapit Kiya ?
Likh ker paise banaa rahe hain !
Dusre taraf Jaishankar hai, jinhone lakir bhi khinchi, kam bhi kar rahe hain, aur power mein hote hue do kitaben likhi.
Congress aur UPA ke naukarshah "Dhapur Shankhi "hai.
We have been bunch of idiots ** and the bigger foolishness is to live in that past, write books about it..
Can you please make a video in Hindi also?? So that general people can also understand something ...bcs i think they also have the right to know ths facts ...suruwat to kar hii sakte haiii age badhne kiii ...lots of love 💖💖💖💖💖💖
I agree. I think the talks should be in Hinglish - a mix of both Hindi and English so it could be more tailored for this channel’s target audience. If not then, Hindi subtitles can be provided. Since this talk happened just yesterday, I guess putting subtitles might have delayed the uploading.
@@OrangeDuritowell I would prefer optional Hindi subtitles as mixing Hindi would make it difficult for people who don't know Hindi to follow
Is this book targeted to the Hindi speaking world only? Why Hindi? What about Tamil, telegu or any other language?
Aren't you aware that there are 22 scheduled languages? There's no concept of national language in this country. Ignorants like yourself think that Hindi is national language because the govt speaks it. The govt speaks Hindi because it's an official language not national. English is another official language.
This gathering is not official one. So no need to speak Hindi. As for English? It's the middle ground. A neutral language. Can be targeted to all..inter or intra.
Pata nahi kaha se chale aate hai...😂 Hindi Hindi..karke
Iñ essence India capitulated to China. There was nothing strategic about this decesion, Indian leadership was quite novice to international politics of the time,
Educated people always have phobia. Like he said 95% of vitamin C coming from china same with electronic. But still china also making money out of this trade and they too don't want to loose this market. Secondly larger countries like India since in present setup the needs are met arrangement are honoured. If china realty stops such trade India will surely go for its own sources. When cryogenic engine was denied to India, ISRO made it their own Isn't?
Strength of China is it is autocratic government. Industrial growth doesn't happen without pollution. And in democracy environment activities can either oppose such industrial growth or corrective measures to this pollution can increase the cost of product. Therefore many industries shited to china from America snd Europe. Nixon Kissinger found this strength and they want to use china as their allies against then Soviet union.
This strength of China can not be possible in democratic country. Bring real democracy in China. All economics will fail. And US knows that very well
Our neighbours have been taking out help but always side with China. Srilanka, Nepal and bangladesh in that order.But the Nepalese is what I'm worried about, yes they are Hindus but the chinese are Buddhist, many of them. The Nepalese come and go from India to nepal unhindered, as if citizenship doesn't matter. How many are Indian and are all Nepalese? Why are we not putting visa control? Some of yhem are diehard communist and inder chinese influence and pay?
It has become customary to say “Nehru was a leader with great strategic vision”. The fact is he had anything but vision. This man was an monumental disaster. Every problem India faces is his creation starting from Indus water treaty, Nehru Liaqat accord(CAA), Security council, Tibet, 1962 debacle, First vote rigging in Rampur, Genocide in Pune, banning films and books and license Raj. It is difficult to point out anything positive he did. Nepotism at its worst was practiced by him. Nehru’s incompetent friend Krishna Menon after being kicked out of UK became defense minister, Vijay Laxmi Pandit whose only qualification was she spoke English became our Henry Kissinge, Kaul made sure we loose 62 war and KM Panicker was our George Kennan. Nehru thought he owns this country and Indians should feel obliged to him. What have we done to take land back from China. We continue to loose land even now under great leadership of jumlebaaz.
Mr Menon is trying to assert that changes in neighborhood is something that happens with time. He is wrong we have lost neighbors because of inept and stupid leadership. US failed to stick to Monroe doctrine because of rudderless leadership and fighting wrong wars that gave China space and day is not far when they will have PLA in Cuba.Mr Menon trying to justify incompetence.
We are a country with low quality humanmaterial where people elect leaders like pappu, lalu, Mamta, Kejri etc.
Present govt is only marginally better. There is total breakdown of law and order, even after 10 years we cannot manufacture paracetamol and Vit C. All he does passes bills due to majority and implements nothing. We are importing API from China. All we have achieved we manufacture fake medicines with impunity. PM is busy with babagiri which is his only job now. This man has destroyed Uttarakhand and now becoming environmental and ecological disaster in Ladakh. Only positive is Yogi and Gadkari.
We should have somebody knowledgeable on China like Gowrie Dwivedi as moderator especially when you have a person like Mr Gokhale as your guest.