Jabin T. Jacob

Mukherjee in Arunachal: Of China and Other Matters

The challenge for both New Delhi and Itanagar is to back up the advantages of an open, democratic polity with the equally important imperatives of social and economic development

3rd Plenum, 18th CC: A Reformist Agenda but Challenges Ahead

The communiqué issued at the end of the Plenum left many observers disappointed, but the follow-up 60-point “Decision” contained several important economic reform measures.

Sino-Indian Relations: Beyond Symbolism and Beyond Belligerence

Progress in Sino-Indian relations will require patience and creativity in spades.

India and the CHOGM in Sri Lanka: Well Played, Actually

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made the right decision not to go to Sri Lanka

China Policy in India: For a Revolution in Mindsets

What is urgently required is for Indian strategy to move from reliance on the brilliance or charisma of individuals to the solidity of processes and institutions.

China in South Asia: Influence and Feedback

Presentation made at the British High Commission, New Delhi, 22 August 2013

China and Pakistan: Towards Increasing Dissonance?

why the Sino-Pak relationship is not all that it is cut out to be

A Framework for Understanding Sino-Indian Ties

What framework can we use to understand the current Sino-Indian relationship?

Military CBMs, Bilateral Agreements and the Sino-Indian Relationship

This essay examines the key agreements concluded between India and China in the post-Cold War era with implications for their boundary dispute and bilateral military CBMs.