On August 19, 2024, the Stockholm Center for South Asian and Indo-Pacific Affairs (SCSA-IPA) hosted a webinar titled "China’s Himalayan Hustle – Part III: How China Is Upending the Himalayan Status Quo." Organized by the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), this session featured a panel of esteemed experts, including Mr. Rahul Karan Reddy from ORCA, who illuminated China’s manipulative strategies aimed at gaining greater influence in the Himalayan region. The discussion highlighted China's "charm offensive," which often manifests as coercive engagement with its smaller neighboring countries—Bhutan, Nepal, and Pakistan—while simultaneously exerting military and psychological pressure on its primary regional rival, India.
