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2 September 2016,

Why India distrusts China’s One Belt One Road initiative

Sameer Patil, Fellow, National Security, Ethnic Conflict, and Terrorism, and Rajni Bakshi, Gandhi Peace Fellow, Gateway House, were referenced in an article on China's One Belt One Road initiative in the Lowy Interpreter.

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Below is the reference to Sameer,

“Sameer Patil, a researcher from Gateway House, argues that the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is the key reason why Delhi is hesitant to embrace the initiative. The proposed corridor (expected to connect Kashgar with the Port of Gwadar in Baluchistan) runs through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Balistan; both are considered by Delhi to be Indian territories.

And to Rajni,

“Rajni Bakshi, a senior Gandhi Peace Fellow from Mumbai’s Gateway House, has argued that Beijing has to co-design the new Silk Road with India for it to have any chance of success.”

Read the full article here.

This article was later republished by Huffington Post, which can be found here.