A US-India-China trilateral dialogue based on traditional security considerations is not likely to get very far. Therefore, start with non-traditional security issues of common concern.
Author Archives: Jabin T. Jacob
Bhutan in a China Teacup
Bhutan seems willing to accept the Chinese offer of conceding Bhutanese claims in its north in return for letting China have disputed areas in the Chumbi Valley in the west. However, such a concession has huge security implications for India.
India’s China Policy: Time to Overcome Political Drift
New Delhi’s China policy, and indeed its foreign policy, should be based on interactions with and support from a citizenry well-informed and knowledgeable about China.
India and Myanmar: Some Chinese Perceptions and Linkages
China’s and India’s relations with Myanmar are complicated by sub-national interests and some of the results of Manmohan Singh’s recent visit to Naypyitaw reflect this reality.
How Red is my Communist?
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held its 20th Party Congress in Kozhikode, Kerala, in April. What does the CPI (M) think of its Chinese counterpart and how do the two parties compare?
Chen Guangcheng: One Blind Man in a Tale of Two Governments
What the Chen Guangcheng case says about Sino-US relations.
Migration and Exile at the Thai-Myanmar Border
A short account of a trip along the Thailand-Myanmar border made in July-August 2011 together with Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman and Brian Orland
China and India’s Agni-V Missile Test
Military capability – including nuclear weapons and credible missile delivery systems – can only form one part of India’s overall China policy, at best an insurance policy. And surely nobody takes insurance hoping there will be an occasion to claim it.
India-Taiwan Relations: Slow and Steady Does It
Interview published by the World Politics Review’s Global Insider on 20 April 2012.
Thinking about China in India 