Commentary In highlighting concerns over India’s ties with China, India’s Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar stated: “The [India-China] relationship is going through a very difficult phase […]. I can’t have friction, coercion, intimidation and bloodshed on the border and then say let’s have a good relationship in other domains.” This very statement brings into perspective the fact that “all is not normal”—the border and the ties remain tense. With June 15 marking the first anniversary of the Galwan Valley clash in Eastern Ladakh, the tensions at the border between India and China remain far from being settled. Galwan changed the status quo at the Line of Actual Control—with the first combat fatalities since the 1975 Tulung La incident, and one of the biggest military confrontations since the 1986-87 Sumdorong Chu stand-off. This has resurfaced the fears of a conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbors since the 1962 War. …