Ms. Eerishika Pankaj is the Director of Delhi NCR based Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA). [...] China speaks of indivisible security, of a shared future of mankind, but is armament and the tactics that they apply on the border with India reflective of indivisible security? [...] The Chinese say that this is in response to Indian activity but Indian military observers say what China is doing contradicts expectations of de- escalation and the restoration of pre-April 2020, the status quo which indeed India has been demanding. [...] It is not that the Europeans have managed to really sit down with the Chinese counterparts and have Tibet or the Himalayan region or development in the region as a common interest so discussions remain limited. [...] But, there are a host of other issues in the Himalayan region that need greater international debate between like- minded countries or countries who want to respect human civilizations and ecology. [...] China’s vision for the Himalayan region is very closely tied to its broader national objectives of achieving socialist modernization and ecological resources by 2035. [...] Institutionalizing mechanisms and platforms of cooperation is a priority for the region. [...] All of this is important because it strengthens that convergence within the EU that India is an important partner on its own merit and not because we want to counter Chinese influence. [...] Second, there is the issue of water control and release but it is for the benefit of the entire region so therefore other countries should be involved with India in the dialogue. [...] China’s vision for the Himalayan region is very closely tied to its broader national objectives of achieving socialist modernization and ecological resources by 2035.
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