Category: Borders

• A Parliament for Northeast India

  Northeast India requires a regional parliament that will function within the ambit of the Indian Constitution but will aim to give the region a weight that is more than the sum of its parts.

• China-India Relations: Strategic Engagement and Challenges

  It is necessary for India and China to avoid misperception and misreading of each other’s strategic intentions. But how?

• The States in Indian Foreign Policy

  This presentation focuses on one particular aspect of centre-province relations in India – the nature of influence that Indian provinces (or States) exercise on national foreign policymaking.

• China and Taiwan in 2030: Conflict not Inevitable

  The ‘reunification’ of China and Taiwan in the future, might not necessarily mean the same thing as it does today.

• Referendums in Taiwan

  Referendums in the East Asian/Chinese context have a particular relevance, not so much because they are happening in Taiwan but because they involve China and this, at multiple levels. Without doubt, China has learned and is learning from Taiwan as it is from other parts of the world.

• Chinese Strategic Interests in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

  The Karakoram Highway (KKH) is today a strategic and commercial asset for both China and Pakistan but it has also been responsible for transporting terrorism, drugs and disease. Indeed, for Pakistan, the resultant Chinese concerns are no small matter. Its policy towards the Northern Areas invariably invokes the link that the region provides with China…

• Manmohan Singh’s Visit to China

  Symbolism apart, and despite the booming trade that continues to exceed all targets, Sino-Indian relations have seen some major political incidents beginning around the time of Chinese President, Hu Jintao’s visit to India in November 2006.

• The Future of Kashmir: China and Kashmir

  While China has continued military support to Pakistan even during military conflicts and near-conflicts between India and Pakistan, its stance on Kashmir has shifted gradually in response to the prevailing domestic, regional, and international situations.

• Direct Flights between Taiwan and China

  Direct transport, trade and postal links – known as the “three links” – with the mainland were snapped by the Republic of China government that had fled to Taiwan following its defeat. Today, in an era of deepening economic ties, the lack of direct and convenient links between the two political entities remains something of…