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India needs a more robust response to border incursions

The failure of the 13th round of corps commander-level talks on troop pullbacks in eastern Ladakh on October 10 suggests that India urgently needs a fresh strategy for handling the broader dispute along the 3,440-km Sino-Indian border. Ever since the clashes in the Galwan Valley in June last year, which resulted in fatalities on both sides, the Chinese have steadily encroached on Indian territory along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), and despite some pullbacks, the PLA, according to some reports, controls more territory than it did before the intrusion. So far, India’s strategy has been to talk tough, stir