What to do when the problem is so powerful?

 "Chinese aggression has made it impossible for New Delhi to continue with its usual 'engagement where possible' refrain, because there are hardly any areas where engagement seems possible between the two Asian neighbors," wrote Prof Harsh V Pant. "But one aspect which remains unchanged is the Indian strategic establishment's aversion to the term alliance." "But to preclude the possibility altogether just because some confusing notion of 'strategic autonomy' hobbles our thinking is downright dangerous. If not idiotic." The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or the Quad, is a group comprised of the US, Japan, Australia and India which could act as a buffer against Chinese hegemony in Asia. "If Quad succeeds, it will signal the end of the post-Cold war era and the beginning of a new multipolar security architecture in Asia, and, gradually the world," wrote Indrani Bagchi. "The world's eyes are rightly on India, because whither goes India, will go the Quad, the Indo-Pacific and global rebalancing." "China is pumping in a huge amount of financial resources in Nepal, helping the landlocked country in laying new roads including connecting it to Chinese cities for transportation of petroleum and other essential products." "The power gap between China and India was large but it was shrinking. What has happened since 2007-08? That gap is no longer shrinking, it is actually expanding," wrote Shyam Saran. "In relation to China, a fundamental policy flaw over the last six decades-plus has been the make-believe frame of reference that the Indian political apex has chosen to inhabit," wrote C Uday Bhaskar. "The reality of China's intent in relation to India has tested the perspicacity of India's higher gene-pool to make an objective and effective assessment of the Xi gameplan and arrive at policy options that are viable and sustainable in the long run," "Actually the time has come for the two sides to settle their dispute, or, settle down on mutually acceptable LAC," wrote Manoj Joshi. "Xi bears the main responsibility here, having roiled the situation in the first place." The reason for the cowardly ambush of Indian soldiers at Galwan in Ladakh, resulting in the death of 20 soldiers, was that, "China wanted to teach India a lesson for the setback in Doklam and divert domestic attention from the shaking popularity of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) and Xi Jinping," said Maj Gen M Vinaya Chandran in an interview. "In the current situation Xi is worried about what India will do and he is psychologically preparing the PLA (People's Liberation Army) and the Chinese public, to avoid a loss of face." "The pathology of global hegemony and dominance always reveals two underlying maladies: hubris and insecurity," wrote Prof V Anantha Nageswaran about China's aggression. "They seal the fate of empires and hegemons." Amen to that.