What’s Behind the India–China Border Disengagement Deal

Published on November 11, 2024

News Analysis NEW DELHI—A recent agreement between India and China to completely disengage militarily along their disputed border of eastern Ladakh was a result shaped by complex diplomacy between the two nations, the timing of U.S. elections, and the larger geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific, according to experts. This diplomacy was seen not only in the military communication channels set up between the two countries to defuse tensions but was clearly visible at multiple recent multilateral forums. The agreement, announced on Oct. 21, came on the heels of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Pakistan and a few days before the BRICS Summit in Russia. India and China are key members of both intergovernmental groups. The border development also emerged ahead of the extremely harsh winter season in the high-altitude region....

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