{"id":2542,"date":"2017-09-03T20:15:26","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=2542"},"modified":"2017-09-03T20:15:26","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:15:26","slug":"china-and-india-a-lesson-in-conflict-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/09\/03\/china-and-india-a-lesson-in-conflict-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"CHINA AND INDIA : A LESSON IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sourced : The Diplomat<\/p>\n

By Amitai Etzioni<\/p>\n

China and India just reminded the world \u2013 especially those who have seen the slaughter in the killing fields in the Middle East and Africa \u2013 that differences among people can be settled without firing a shot, without anyone getting killed.<\/p>\n

The dispute began when China started to pave a road in a Himalayan region at a plateau in Doklam, a territory China considers part of its land but India recognizes as part of the kingdom of Bhutan, its close ally. India sent its troops to stop China, and in turn China sent its troops to reinforce its claims.<\/p>\n

The conflagration between the two nations, each equipped with nuclear weapons and a large, recently expanded military, alarmed various observers. Indian-born economist and British politician Meghnad Desai claimed, according to India Today, \u201cWe could be in a full scale war with China within a month.\u201d A Washington Post editorial painted a bleak scene of Doklam as a ticking time bomb: \u201cChina and India, two nuclear-armed nations, have come near the brink of conflict over an unpaved road\u2026Now soldiers from the two powers are squaring off, separated by only a few hundred feet. The conflict shows no sign of abating, and it reflects the swelling ambition \u2013 and nationalism \u2013 of both countries.\u201d An op-ed in Al-Jazeera similarly set a foreboding scene: \u201cThe two Asian giants, collectively home to a third of humanity, are once again on the verge of direct military conflict with frightening implications for the region and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more at : http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2017\/09\/china-and-india-a-lesson-in-conflict-resolution\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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