Jammu, July 6 -- 'If a 'two-front war' develops, Iron Brother may only turn out to be a drag on the PLA, since Pakistan is in no position to wage a war with India,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

The border tensions between India and China are accentuating a malaise among Indian analysts - their tunnel vision.

Every word that slips out of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's garrulous mouth is seen nowadays as ringing affirmation of the Trump administration's full-throttle backing for India in its tensions with China.

When Pompeo applauds, for instance, India's ban on 59 Chinese apps, it becomes a 'pro-India' statement.

But Pompeo's campaign to stigmatise China and dissuade other countries from embracing Chinese high-tech giant Hua...