Territorial Dispute

Japan and Russia have enlarged their political and economic cooperation during the recently held talks. This gives hope of a resolution to their lingering territorial disputes which have overshadowed their overall bilateral relations.

• Shamshad A. Khan
• May 27, 2013
• IDSA Comments

The External Affairs Minister has returned back from his visit to China. Despite this seemingly happy ending to the sordid border incident, inconvenient questions about China’s intentions and assertiveness persist.

• Arvind Gupta
• May 12, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Incursions and incidents of escalation are not new to India-China relations. Importantly they have been successfully diffused by a combination of adroit diplomacy, ‘show of force’ and political statesmanship.

• Mandip Singh
• April 26, 2013
• IDSA Comments

This Issue Brief presents the historical and legal debate surrounding the dispute and in the process underscores the inconsistencies and weaknesses in the Chinese claims.

• Prashant Kumar Singh
• October 10, 2012
• Issue Brief

China views the Indian military upgrade as a response to China's rise in Asia forgetting that its own aggressive posture and military upgrade since 2006 has provoked the Indian response.

• Namrata Goswami
• November 18, 2011
• IDSA Comments

The publication in the Global Times of two very contradictory articles on the same day on the South China Sea dispute clearly underlines the fact that the Chinese leadership is divided.

• R. S. Kalha
• October 19, 2011
• IDSA Comments

No party to the dispute, including China, has thus far challenged the principle of freedom of navigation for global trade through the South China Sea.

• Rukmani Gupta
• October 17, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Russia has renewed its efforts to reconfirm its territorial claim over the southern Kuril Islands, also claimed by Japan and known as the Northern Territories..

• Shamshad A. Khan
• February 24, 2011
• IDSA Comments