{"595306":{"#nid":"595306","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"As China and India Tussle in South Asia, a Pristine Mountain Kingdom Is Caught in the Middle","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJohn Garver, an expert on Chinese foreign policy and professor emeritus\u0026nbsp;in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at Georgia\u0026nbsp;Institute of Technology, was interviewed for the \u003Cem\u003ELos Angeles Times\u003C\/em\u003E August 28 article \u0026ldquo;As China and India Tussle in South Asia, a Pristine Mountain Kingdom is Caught in the Middle.\u0026rdquo;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETucked like a jewel into the mighty Himalayas, the mountain kingdom of Bhutan has rarely commanded the world\u0026rsquo;s gaze, its hillside monasteries and emerald valleys long known only to select travelers seeking adventure or enlightenment. But for two months, this quiet Buddhist monarchy found itself at the center of a bitter military standoff involving the world\u0026rsquo;s two most populous countries, each jockeying for primacy in South Asia\u0026hellip; \u0026ldquo;What Beijing is saying to Bhutan is, \u0026lsquo;How\u0026rsquo;s that special relationship with India working out for you? Can India really protect you?\u0026rsquo;\u0026rdquo; said John Garver, an expert on Chinese foreign policy at the \u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the full article on\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/asia\/la-fg-bhutan-india-china-20170828-story.html\u0022\u003E \u0026ldquo;As China and India Tussle in South Asia, a Pristine Mountain Kingdom is Caught in the Middle,\u0026rdquo; \u003C\/a\u003Evisit \u003Cem\u003ELos Angeles Times\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003Ewebsite.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34554","created_gmt":"2017-08-30 17:04:13","changed_gmt":"2017-09-28 21:16:23","author":"ralu3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Brigitte Stepanov","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world\/asia\/la-fg-bhutan-india-china-20170828-story.html","dateline":{"date":"2017-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"62361":{"id":"62361","type":"image","title":"John Garver, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs","body":null,"created":"1449176369","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:59:29","changed":"1475894541","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:21","alt":"John Garver, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs","file":{"fid":"191454","name":"john_garver-200x300.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":33850,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/john_garver-200x300_0.jpg?itok=ILOzUglc"}}},"media_ids":["62361"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"802","name":"China"},{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"175360","name":"himalayas"},{"id":"175361","name":"Bhutan"},{"id":"167848","name":"south asia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}