It wasn’t long before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi threatened to isolate Pakistan in the international community. Ever since Narendra Modi came into power, his government has been flexing its muscles needlessly. This over confidence of economic and military might has created an illusion in India of being the leader of the region. That’s the exact reason behind India’s declining relations with all its neighbors. In the recent past, countries like Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were often seen as India’s allies. The Modi government’s aggressive policies have caused a gulf of differences with its regional allies and isolated it in the region. China’s well-thought-out strategy has pushed the SAARC countries away from India and closer to China.

China has a 22,457-kilometer border with 14 countries, but it has border disputes only with India and Bhutan. The 3,488 kilometers long Indian border with China, from Arunachal Pradesh to Ladakh, is a constant cause of strained relations between both these countries. They fought a war over the border dispute in 1962. India faced a humiliating defeat and China occupied a large part of the disputed area.

China also claims many areas of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh as its part and calls it Xingnan. Recently, China has renamed 27 places in Xingnan after Chinese names. China believes that Arunachal Pradesh is the southern part of Tibet. The Western bloc, especially the United States, considers India to be an important power against China. Western countries have been investing in India for many years. After Rafale jets, India is now eyeing F-35 jets from the US. In addition, India is also........

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