Interview with CNBCTV18 on March 29, 2023.
Any possible conflict between Taiwan and China has implications for India, which has a long-standing, historical border dispute with China which has only worsened after the Galwan clashes. “How India reacted to the Ukraine war does not symbolise how it will react to any conflict in Taiwan. India has not explicitly defined its Taiwan strategy like the One China Principle of China, and the One China Policy adopted by the US. In recent times, India has not reaffirmed the One China Policy in bilateral engagements as China does not respect the One India Principle,” said Dhruva Jaishankar, Executive Director, ORF America. Jaishankar said that Taiwan does matter to India and any loss of US power in the region will carry grave consequences.