Category: War and Conflict

• India-China Standoff in Bhutan: Explanation and Prognosis

  It should not surprise Indian defence planners if the Chinese test and prod the Indian military by opening up road-building, patrolling and other forms of activity in areas along the disputed boundary that have hitherto remained dormant or not seen any such activity at all.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  29 July 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Doklam, Sikkim, Sino-Indian relations, soft power

• Doklam Standoff: Not Forgetting Bhutan

  One of the ways the Doklam incident should be read is as a way of China putting pressure to end the special nature of the India-Bhutan relationship.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 July 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Sino-Bhutanese relations, Sino-Indian relations, South Asia

• Explaining Action and Reaction on Doklam

  India can expect LAC incursions by China to continue, even pick up pace, and to display a qualitatively different nature in the coming months and years.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  7 July 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Sikkim, Sino-Bhutanese relations

• Rethinking the China-Pakistan-India Triangle

  India needs to rethink its ties with Pakistan and China in order to transform its external environment.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  28 February 2017

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

  China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Narendra Modi, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, terrorism

• How India Deals with its China Challenge

  The Chinese have learnt that a country’s foreign and security policies abroad are only as good as the strength of its structures and systems at home

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 February 2017

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese military, grand strategy, Indian bureaucracy, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Kashmir, Line of Actual Control (LAC)

• China and North Korea: A Convenient Arrangement

  Denuclearisation on the Korean peninsula does not progress because Beijing sees North Korea as a greater threat not to itself but to China’s adversaries

  Jabin T. Jacob

  28 January 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  border trade, Chinese foreign policy, economic sanctions, North Korea, nuclear proliferation, nuclear test, Sino-US relations, South Korea

• 1962: A Very Particular View

  Review of Shiv Kunal Verma’s ‘1962: The War That Wasn’t’

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 January 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese military, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ladakh, Line of Actual Control (LAC), prisoners of war (POW), Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Sino-Indian relations, Tibet, VK Krishna Menon

• Tsai-Trump Telephone Call: Reading Trump and the Chinese Response

  As US president, Donald Trump might be more amenable to testing Chinese limits and using Taiwan as a bargaining ploy.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  5 December 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Donald Trump, one-China policy, Sino-US relations, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

• Missing Opportunities: India and OBOR

  By refusing to engage with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, India’s policymakers are letting go of opportunities to shape and influence events in its two largest neighbours

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 October 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), BRICS, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), economic cooperation, Pakistan, Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Sino-Indian relations