Tag: Chinese foreign policy

• Winning and Losing in Iran

  Iran is no passive actor in the Sino-Indian contest but capable of playing the two sides against each other.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  21 August 2020

  Foreign Policy

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Iran, Sino-Indian relations

• The Great Chinese Anxiety

  The Chinese people are anxious. The Communist Party of China (CPC) that governs them even more so.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 July 2020

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), centre-province relations, Chinese domestic politics, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese MoFA, Communist Party of China (CPC), COVID-19, globalization, terrorism, Tibet, Xi Jinping, Xinjiang

• India, China and their Accelerating Cold Wars

  Chinese transgressions along the LAC indicate a significant breakdown of long-standing bilateral agreements and can be considered a tipping point. The situation will likely result in a variegated set of cold wars between India and China.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  29 June 2020

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), balance of power, Chinese foreign policy, democracy, economic integration, ideology, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Russia, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-US relations, South Asia

• Belligerence and Silence: Explaining Chinese Actions Along the LAC in Ladakh

  What should be concerning in the wake of Galwan and the reported loss of lives also of Chinese troops, is that Beijing will now be particularly prone to viewing any Indian action as provocative and seek to respond in an overwhelming manner as a way of saving face.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  22 June 2020

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  border incursions, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Galwan, infrastructure development, Ladakh, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Sino-Indian relations, strategic culture

• A Growing Chinese Presence in Nepal

  China’s influence in Nepal has grown in recent years but in many instances, the Chinese have merely stepped into breaches created either by India’s inability to keep its promises or by its insensitivity.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 May 2020

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Chinese foreign policy, Hou Yanqi, Indian foreign policy, Kalapani, KP Oli, Sino-Indian relations, South Asia, Tibet

• Why a post-COVID-19 global order led by China is only a distant threat

  The world order might require changing but China is not going to be able to take leadership for political and economic reasons

  Jabin T. Jacob

  16 May 2020

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  authoritarianism, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), COVID-19, democracy, Donald Trump, economic growth, one-China policy, propaganda

• A China-led Post-Covid World? What to Expect

  China seems to believe that it will over the next couple of decades have the economic and military capacity to preempt competition or opposition to its will and that this will itself lead to global order and on its terms. But such a world order is actually likely to be an unstable one based as…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  9 May 2020

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘Chinese model’, authoritarianism, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), COVID-19, propaganda, South China Sea disputes, surveillance, technology

• India-China Relations: Running on Empty

  The Indian and Chinese governments have set their ties a very low bar of achievement talking essentially soft issues like cultural exchanges which are low-hanging fruit but which are unlikely to help repair in a hurry the high degree of bilateral political mistrust

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 September 2019

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, India-Pakistan relations, Jammu and Kashmir, Luo Zhaohui, Pakistan, propaganda, racism, S. Jaishankar, Sun Weidong

• Let the Quad Die: Towards Greater Indian Leadership in the Indo-Pacific

  There is a case to be made for an India-led initiative in the Indo-Pacific that displays greater commitment to upholding international law than to ‘inclusivity’ as well as willingness to take on a wider ambit of regional responsibilities in the security and political domains

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 July 2019

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Australia, Chinese foreign policy, containment, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, international law, Japan, maritime security, Quadrilateral Initiative, Singapore, South Korea, UNCLOS, United States, Vietnam