OCT
25
QUAD : EVOLVING FAST BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETD)

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THIS IS THE FOURTH ARTICLE IN A SERIES

EARLIER ARTICLES ON THE QUAD

QUAD 2.0 OR TIANXIA

INDIA’S QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

CHINESE CAMEL IN THE QUADRILATERAL TENT

Once India invited the Australian Navy to take part in the Malabar 2020 exercise QUAD has become demi official.

Gordon Chang says ‘Xi, thinks everyone should acknowledge not only Chinese hegemony but also China’s rule,… China’s ruler has both the right and responsibility to rule Tianxia, or all under Heaven’! Does the world want to be in this Chinese hell? If not, it needs the QUAD. It is a global imperative.

The Indian Think Tanks are probably discussing the need for a `face-saving ‘for the Chinese to go back to the April 2020 deployment. The Communist Party is ruthless, the Western Theatre Commander who shot to fame overnight as Xi Jinping’s delivery man, may find himself facing the firing squad.

On 29 Aug when a six-hour-long Brigade Commander level Flag meeting was ongoing, China in a surprise move tried to occupy operationally important heights on the South Bank of Pangong Tso.

Military history often knocks on contemporary doors. Galwan, Kongka La, and Pangong Tso that were areas of military contestations in 1962, with Depsang also thrown in, are emblematic of the present Sino-Indian border crisis. It was HG Wells who said, “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” India doesn’t seem to have learnt this lesson. In its signature style, China has used military power to grab control of unoccupied areas and called it as an act of self-defence.