I am delighted to bring you this issue dedicated to examining India’s China challenge. I belong to the school of thought that believes that India’s “China Challenge” is no longer a periodic crisis at the contested borders; it has become the permanent structural backdrop against which Indian strategic thinking must now be measured. It is India’s primary contradiction. In this issue of India’s World, we move beyond the immediate headlines of disengagement or escalation to unpack the multidimensional nature of this contradiction.
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Marx argued that the technological means to produce goods and services shape everything else: society’s institutions, laws, and political arrangements. As they develop, productive forces will inevitably come into conflict with the political superstructure.
