Category: Political Parties

• The Indo-US Nuclear Deal and the China Factor

  If the Indian nuclear tests of 1998, provided the first occasion for China in the post-Cold War era, to sit up and give due attention to India in a global political and strategic context, the Indo-US Nuclear Deal provides the second occasion in the same process.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  August 25, 2011

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Indian communist parties, NSG, nuclear, Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, United States

• Leadership Change in China and Implications for India

  The 17th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China that took place in October 2007 was notable for the beginning of the transition to the so-called fifth generation of China’s leaders. It is important to analyze these leadership changes both for what they reveal about the Chinese domestic political system and for their possible…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  August 24, 2011

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  17th Party Congress 2007, 18th Party Congress 2012, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Hu Jintao, Li Keqiang, Sino-Indian relations, Wen Jiabao, Xi Jinping

• 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…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  August 24, 2011

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  Communist Party of China (CPC), cross-Straits relations, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan, Taiwanese independence movement