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Comment: Impact of Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 on International Politics.

  • UPSC 2003
  • 20 marks
  • India and the Global Centres of Power

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The war of 20 October to 21 November 1962 was bilateral in form and systemic in effect. It was fought while the superpowers were locked in the Cuban Missile Crisis, though John W. Garver's study of China's decision (2006) traces it mainly to Beijing's fear for its hold on Tibet, not to Cuba. Its consequences…

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  • The superpowers and India
  • A deeper Sino-Soviet split
  • Realignment in South Asia
  • Non-alignment and Afro-Asian solidarity
  • The nuclear chapter in Asia
  • Conclusion
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