Avinash Paliwal

Avinash Paliwal is an international relations expert at the School of Oriental and African Studies, and the author of India’s Near East: A New History.

What lies at the root of the India-China rivalry?

45 min listen

India is the fifth largest economy in the world, and now has a population larger than China’s. It’s no surprise, then, that officials in Washington often see India as a powerful non-western bulwark to growing Chinese power. On this podcast, I look at where China and India’s rivalry comes from. How much have long-lasting skirmishes