Why the US is ill-suited to mediate India-China border dispute
All in all, U.S. mediation in the India-China boundary dispute would have largely detrimental consequences for both parties.
Dr. Jagannath Panda is a Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator for East Asia at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He is the Series Editor for “Routledge Studies on Think Asia”. Dr. Panda is the Co-Editor/Co-Author of the newly arrived book “Chinese Politics and Foreign Policy under Xi Jinping: The Future Political Trajectory” (Routledge, 2020). He is also the author of “India-China Relations: Politics of Resources, Identity and Authority in a Multipolar World” (Routledge, 2017), and “China’s Path to Power: Party, Military and the Politics of State Transition” (Pentagon Press, 2010).
All in all, U.S. mediation in the India-China boundary dispute would have largely detrimental consequences for both parties.