Category: Sub-nationalism

• Arunachal: One Step Back, Two Steps Forward?

  The issuing of stapled visas by China to Arunachalis is possibly, a step forward, an acknowledgement that the area in question is disputed, and by implication, amenable to resolution by negotiations. This in turn indicates that China has taken a step back from its previous position of no visas being required.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, infrastructure development, Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Sino-Indian relations, stapled visas, Tawang, Tibet

• Learning Chinese, Understanding China

  A presentation, I made at the Department of Chinese Language, Foreign Languages Wing, Army Education Corps Training College and Centre in Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh in early July 2011.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 September 2011

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  border trade, boundary dispute, Chinese provinces, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Look East Policy, Northeast India, PLA, Sino-Indian relations, Tibet, Xinjiang

• Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Provinces/States as Ice-Breakers

  The solution to both the political and economic discontent of Chinese provinces and Indian states as well as the unresolved boundary dispute between the two countries could be to allow their provinces greater freedom to interact with each other in terms of people-to-people and economic contacts

  Jabin T. Jacob

  18 September 2011

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Aksai Chin, Arunachal Pradesh, border trade, Chinese provinces, economic integration, Indian states, infrastructure development, Ladakh, Nathu La, Sikkim, Sino-Indian relations, Tibet, Western Development Strategy, Xinjiang

• China’s ‘Forward Policy’ on Kashmir

  Given Indian sensitivities over Kashmir, China’s Kashmir policy forms a useful leverage with India. But there is a fine balance that China needs to achieve which will be increasingly difficult as India grows more powerful on the world stage and if Pakistan continues to remain unstable.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Afghanistan, Chinese foreign policy, infrastructure development, Jammu and Kashmir, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, PLA, regional integration, Tibet, Xinjiang

• Charting India’s China Policy for the Next Decade

  How can India maximize its strengths in diplomatic and other arenas vis-à-vis China in a manner pushes forward the positive aspects of the bilateral relationship while simultaneously reducing chances for actual physical conflict of even a limited nature?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  14 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Asian century, boundary dispute, Chinese provinces, democracy, grand strategy, Indian Constitution, Indian foreign policy, Indian Navy, Indian states, infrastructure development, Look East Policy, maritime security, PLAN, Silk Route, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, sovereignty, United States

• Five-Party Talks to Guarantee Borders in South Asia

  A Five-Party Talks mechanism involving India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the US is essential to finding solutions to the problems of both terrorism and the Kashmir dispute

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Afghanistan, Durand Line, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan, Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, sovereignty, United States

• The Rise of China’s Cities

  China’s cities have risen as sites of power and opportunity in recent decades with huge potential impact on the territorial and administrative integrity of the provinces.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 September 2011

  Comparative Politics, Sub-nationalism

  Chinese cities, Chinese provinces, Communist Party of China (CPC), Indian cities, open coastal cities, Pearl River Delta (PRD), Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Yangzi River Delta (YRD)

• Political Economy of Arunachal Pradesh in a Rising India

  Arunachal Pradesh’s disputed status, unique socio-cultural makeup and difficult geographic location have elicited multifaceted responses from Indian policymakers.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 border conflict, boundary dispute, dams, economic integration, illegal trade, Indian foreign policy, Indian Parliament, infrastructure development, Inner Line Permit, Jawaharlal Nehru, Look East Policy, Sino-Indian relations, Tawang, Tibet, Verrier Elwin

• ‘Beijing is far away’

  Studying centre-province and inter-province relationships in China from the perspective of the provinces, provides a new framework for analyzing political and economic developments in China. Four distinct phenomena deserve examination: localism, provincialism, regionalism and transnationalism.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  4 September 2011

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  Chinese provinces, Indian states, intra-province conflicts, localism, provincialism, regionalism, transnational linkages