The Great Game in the Buddhist Himalayas

There is a new 'great game' being played in the Buddhist Himalayas between India China and Tibet which makes for a crucial third player. Together they are leveraging their influence with the Buddhist communities to create strategic dominance with varying degrees of success. China's 'Buddhist diplomacy' has focused on Nepal and Bhutan and the Indian Himalayan regions of Ladakh Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim which have sizeable Buddhist populations and are vulnerable to this influence. The crisis in...See More