Saheb Singh Chadha is a research analyst in the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India. His research focuses on China’s foreign and security policies, India-China relations, and India’s military modernization. He is broadly interested in the geopolitics of South Asia and the Indo-Pacific. He is also a researcher on a project examining the nature and dynamics of cross-border violence and its impact on civilian communities.
In addition to writing for Carnegie India, Saheb’s work has been published in the Hindustan Times, the Diplomat, Financial Express, and Annapurna Express. Saheb holds a bachelor’s degree with honors in political science, with a minor in international relations from Ashoka University, India. He also holds a diploma in advanced studies and research from Ashoka University.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Saheb Singh Chadha hosts former general officer commanding in chief of the Indian Army's Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Raj Shukla, to discuss the ongoing modernization and reforms in India's armed forces.
In this episode of Interpreting India, Jabin Thomas Jacob joins Saheb Singh Chadha to discuss China’s growing interest in South Asia and the drivers of its foreign policy.
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Contrary to some recent analyses, this commentary explains why a strategic détente between India and China is unlikely.
Saheb Singh Chadha reflects on Former Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s speech late last year to analyze the future of India-China relations for the foreseeable future.
The violence on the Line of Control (LoC) and the International Border (IB) has significantly harmed the mental health of the border communities over the past two decades. Given this, the current interval of peace should be utilized to develop and shore up the mental health resources in the border areas.
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It also speaks to Beijing’s concerns that extend beyond the Russia-Ukraine war.
A critical understanding of the drivers of this engagement, the various forms it has taken, and its impact on South Asian countries has been largely missing from the discourse, which is punctuated by broad-based assumptions such as allegations of debt-trap diplomacy.
The challenge for India, the United States, or others interested in the region, is to develop a policy that productively engages these countries. This policy should be based on its own merits, delinked from how these countries engage with China, and should aim to demonstrate an intent to engage.
