India stands to face retribution

India has started building a road near Bangong Lake in Ladakh, which, according to Indian media, will facilitate the movement of Indian troops. This suggests India might be preparing for a war with China, or pretending to go to war in the hope of forcing China into making concessions.

Indian troops trespassed into China's territory in the Donglang area more than two months ago to stop Chinese troops from building a road in its own territory, claiming the road would pose a threat to India's security. Why doesn't the Indian government apply the same logic to understand that by building a road near the disputed border area with China, India will pose a threat to its neighbor's national security?

Whether India has the economic and military wherewithal to become a hegemon is still uncertain, but it indeed is behaving like one considering its decision to send its troops into Chinese territory by assuming it is Bhutan's protector and its insistence of keeping them there leading to the more than two-month-long standoff with Chinese troops.