Going beyond the logical: The key to solving India-China conflicts like Doklam

What we need to do is to apply our knowledge of psychological science to geopolitical events

The recent crisis in Doklam has diverted attention from deeper questions on India-China relations: Can there be an ‘Asian century’ without India and China coming together (as Deng Xiao Ping said to Rajiv Gandhi)? Is that sentiment redundant now? Or does it still advance the interest of the peoples of both India and China today? If so, why is there no progress in that direction? These questions taken together constitute the ‘conundrum’ referred to in the title of this article.

As large, populous and rapidly-growing economies that share the Asian neighbourhood, greater India-China engagement on many