Tag: boundary dispute

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Interpreting Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island

  What are the implications of the Taiwanese president’s visit to the Spratlys for his country’s international space? What possibilities lie ahead for the incoming DPP administration?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 February 2016

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, Chen Shui-bian, cross-Straits relations, Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea disputes, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, United States

• Arunachal Pradesh in the Sino-Indian Boundary Dispute: Constant Claims, Changing Politics

  The persistent Sino-Indian boundary dispute needs to be seen within the framework of centre-periphery relations in China and India and well as of their different political systems.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2015

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Arunachal Pradesh, border incursions, boundary dispute, dams, democracy, economic development, infrastructure development, Line of Actual Control (LAC), stapled visas, Tibet

• China and the Modi Visit to Bangladesh

  The Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Bangladesh in June 2015 did not go unnoticed in China and Beijing is working on countering its effects.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 September 2015

  Foreign Policy

  Bangladesh, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, international law, maritime disputes, Southeast Asia

• Assessing the Xi Visit: After the Optics, A Reality Check

  China is not going to make big investments in Indian infrastructure development without adequate policy support from New Delhi and state governments.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 September 2014

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  boundary dispute, economic relations, Indian states, Sino-Indian relations, Xi Jinping