This article looks at India’s response to China’s OBOR and the weaknesses of that response through two specific cases of Pakistan and the Indian Ocean.
Category Archives: Foreign Policy
Interpreting Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island
What are the implications of the Taiwanese president’s visit to the Spratlys for his country’s international space? What possibilities lie ahead for the incoming DPP administration?
North Korea’s Nuclear Test: Regional Reactions and the Chinese Responsibility
Calling the North Korean regime a ‘rogue’ one only deflect attention from China’s responsibility and indirect support for nuclear proliferation
US FON Ops and China’s Continuing Challenge
The USS Lassens action will not prevent China from persisting with its ‘forward policy’ in the South China Sea.
India, China and the Yarlung Tsangpo: Much Ado About Nothing?
China’s operationalization of the Zangmu hydropower station on the Yarlung Tsangpo/Brahmaputra must be seen in the context of environmental developments elsewhere in the country.
Using China as Leverage with Pakistan
India has ignored the possibilities that China offers as a pressure point on Pakistan
Arunachal Pradesh in the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Constant Claims, Changing Politics
The persistent Sino-Indian boundary dispute needs to be seen within the framework of centre-periphery relations in China and India and well as of their different political systems.
China Courts the Maldives
China is using tourism and infrastructure development to reel the Maldives into its orbit of influence.
China and the Modi Visit to Bangladesh
The Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh in June 2015 did not go unnoticed in China and Beijing is working on countering its effects.
Thinking about China in India 