Tag: Afghanistan

• Interpreting China’s Defense White Paper 2011

  Understanding China’s military capabilities alone is not enough, India must also understand its intentions and for this a better grasp of the intersections of the political and military in China is essential.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Afghanistan, Communist Party of China (CPC), maritime security, military modernization, MOOTW, non-proliferation, PLA, PLAN

• 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

• Rising India’s Foreign Policy: A Partial Introduction

  Current Indian foreign policy is informed by a realization that a combination of economic reforms and the end of the Cold War has steered India into a position of some considerable influence in the post-9/11 world. What then are the patterns of Indian foreign policy behavior in the new century?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  16 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Afghanistan, Africa, democracy, diplomacy, Indian foreign policy, Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Indian Parliament, Look East Policy, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, West Asia

• 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

• China-Pakistan Relations: Reinterpreting the Nexus

  “The Afghans they hate us, The Indians wanna bring us to our knees How long will it be Lord, till we piss off the Chinese I got the blues” Saad Haroon

  Jabin T. Jacob

  1 September 2011

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

  9/11, Afghanistan, energy security, nuclear proliferation, Pakistan, religious radicalism, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, Sino-Pak trade, strategic partnership, United States, West Asia, Xinjiang