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  • When Religion and Politics Mix: The Dalai Lama and India-China Relations

    There is no real Tibet card for New Delhi to play and India ignores its own Buddhists while supporting the Dalai Lama.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    8 April 2017
    Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism
    1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Indian foreign policy, Kiren Rijiju, Mongolia, Sino-Indian relations, soft power, Tibet
  • China in Central Asia: Myth-making and Foreign Policy

    India needs to give Ladakh greater agency in order to ensure that this region can function as its pivot to Central Asia and to challenge Chinese domination there.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    13 March 2017
    Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism
    ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Central Asia, Chinese foreign policy, history, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Kashgar, Ladakh, mythology, SCO, soft power, Xinjiang
  • 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)
  • Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central America

    Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is both pragmatic and a realist as she manoeuvres to preserve her country’s diplomatic space and values.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    7 February 2017
    Foreign Policy, Political Parties
    Central America, China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party, diplomacy, Donald Trump, infrastructure development, United States
  • 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
  • The 8th BRICS Summit: India Hosts, China Gains

    Despite being the host, India did not get a BRICS Declaration that accurately reflected its interests and values.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    30 December 2016
    Foreign Policy
    BIMSTEC, BRICS, diplomacy, international law, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, terrorism
  • 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
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