Jeff M. Smith

Jeff M. Smith is a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. and author of Cold Peace: China-India Rivalry in the Twenty-First Century.

Stories by Jeff M. Smith

An Indian fighter jet flies over Leh near the Indian-Chinese border

The Galwan Killings Are the Nail in the Coffin for China and India’s Relationship

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June 26, 2020, 9:40 AM

In this photograph taken on July 10, 2008, A Chinese soldier gestures as he stands near an Indian soldier on the Chinese side of the ancient Nathu La border crossing between India and China. When the two Asian giants opened the 4,500-metre-high (15,000 feet) pass in 2006 to improve ties dogged by a bitter war in 1962 that saw the route closed for 44 years, many on both sides hoped it would boost trade. Two years on, optimism has given way to despair as the flow of traders has shrunk to a trickle because of red tape, poor facilities and sub-standard roads in India's remote northeastern mountainous state of Sikkim. AFP PHOTO/Diptendu DUTTA (Photo credit should read DIPTENDU DUTTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Trump Should Read India’s Playbook for Taunting China

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December 20, 2016, 10:52 AM

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