Tag: Act East Policy

• A Foreign Policy without Foreign Languages

  The Indian government has a penny wise and pound foolish approach to the acquisition of foreign expertise and language proficiency.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  11 August 2020

  Comparative Politics

  Act East Policy, foreign languages, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

• China and National Security – the BJP’s 2019 Election Manifesto

  What does the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party say about China in national security terms?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 May 2019

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Act East Policy, Asia-Africa Growth Corridor, BBIN, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress (I), India-Pakistan relations, Indian foreign policy, military modernization, nuclear weapons, Sino-Indian relations

• Modi’s Indonesia Visit: China in the Mix

  How Indian and Indonesian leaders promote and support true federalism, equality in inter-ethnic relations, religious freedoms and civil and political rights as well as manage class differences and conflict at home will have consequences for China

  Jabin T. Jacob

  1 July 2018

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  Act East Policy, democracy, federalism, Indian foreign policy, Indonesia, infrastructure development, maritime security, military cooperation, one road’ (OBOR) / ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI), Project Mausam, SAGAR

• Major Powers in the Indo-Pacific

  Even without the US, China’s increasing regional and global interests would make an ‘Indo-Pacific’ framework inevitable to understand and deal with political and security challenges in Asia and the world

  Jabin T. Jacob

  12 September 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Act East Policy, Asia-Pacific security, economic integration, Indo-Pacific, Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-Russian relations, Sino-US relations, South China Sea disputes