Reviewed by Sreeram Chaulia, Asia Times, Oct 23, 2008 Tibet. The Lost Frontier by Claude Arpi New Delhi, India -- Although the absorption of Tibet into China since 1950 has been copiously discussed from different angles, there is a dearth of understanding about the regional politics surrounding the "roof of the world". Since time immemorial, Tibet’s fate has been intertwined with that of its two giant neighbors, China and India. French scholar Claude Arpi's new book teases out the complex workings of this triangle and throws light on how Indian idealism came a cropper against Chinese realpolitik. Arpi begins with a historical distillation about the nature of the triangle: "Tibet and China always had a relation based on force and power, while Tibet and India had more of a cultural relationship based on shared spiritual...
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