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  • China’s New Silk Roads: Reinterpreting History

    The so-called ‘sound historical basis’ that Chinese commentators seem to find for the Maritime Silk Road might not be all that sound. It might just as well be called the Maritime Spice Route.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    3 May 2015
    Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict
    ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Central Asia, Chinese foreign policy, Maritime Silk Road, new Silk Roads, new tianxia, Project Mausam, Silk Road Economic Belt, soft power, Southeast Asia, trade facilitation
  • Obama’s India Visit and Chinese Reactions

    The Chinese have not been blind to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s display of personal and strategic camaraderie with the Americans.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    17 March 2015
    Foreign Policy
    Chinese foreign policy, democracy, economic relations, Indian foreign policy, public diplomacy, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-US relations
  • Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Promise and Responsibility

    Asian nations, many of which got rid of imperialism only a few decades ago, will not want to replace Western dominance with Chinese political and economic hegemony.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    28 January 2015
    Foreign Policy
    Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Asian regionalism, BRICS, Chinese foreign policy, infrastructure development, Silk Roads strategy
  • Sino-Sri Lankan Ties post-Rajapaksa

    China-Sri Lanka ties will continue to grow. New Delhi, meanwhile, needs to show greater purpose in its own dealings with its island neighbour

    Jabin T. Jacob

    26 January 2015
    Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict
    Chinese foreign policy, Chinese investments, democracy, economic development, elections, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Sri Lanka
  • China’s Conference Diplomacy: Lessons for India

    Unlike India, China understands the value of reaching out as often as possible through conferences and seminars to foreign intellectual and policy elites

    Jabin T. Jacob

    10 January 2015
    Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy
    Chinese foreign policy, diplomacy, foreign languages, human resources, Indian foreign policy, Indian Foreign Service (IFS), infrastructure development, visa policy
  • Counter-Terrorism in South Asia: China’s Win-Win Triangle

    In the anti-terrorism struggle in South Asia involving China, Pakistan and India, Beijing scores off both its neighbours

    Jabin T. Jacob

    7 January 2015
    Foreign Policy, War and Conflict
    anti-terrorism, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, Xinjiang
  • Of Perceptions and Policies

    Review of Shishir Gupta’s ‘The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte’

    Jabin T. Jacob

    27 December 2014
    Borders, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict
    1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Chinese foreign policy, economic relations, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), infrastructure development, Jawaharlal Nehru, Look East Policy, Ministry of Defence, perceptions, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, South Asia, Tibet
  • Taiwan’s 9-in-1 Election Results: Warning for the KMT-CPC Relationship

    The end-November local election results on Taiwan suggest that China will have to both rethink the scope and recalibrate the pace of its embrace of the island

    Jabin T. Jacob

    26 December 2014
    Comparative Politics, Political Parties, Sub-nationalism
    Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), elections, Kuomintang (KMT), Sunflower Movement, Taiwan, Taiwanese independence movement
  • Divide and Rule: China Woos Southeast Asia

    Beijing is trying to keep ASEAN a divided house over the South China Sea issue by employing a mix of diplomacy and economic engagement.

    Jabin T. Jacob

    13 December 2014
    Foreign Policy, War and Conflict
    ASEAN, Chinese foreign policy, economic diplomacy, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Maritime Silk Road, Project Mausam, Sino-US relations, soft power, South China Sea disputes, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
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