Tag: COVID-19

• Covid-19 Introduces New Tensions in India-China Relations

  With the COVID-19 pandemic, the name “Wuhan” has become much better known in India than it ever was for the April 2018 informal summit between Modi and Xi in that city. It remains to be seen which of these two legacies from Wuhan will last in India-China relations.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  26 May 2020

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘informal summit’, Andaman & Nicobar, anti-terrorism, Arunachal Pradesh, Chinese investments, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), COVID-19, Indian Army, Kashmir, Narendra Modi, Pakistan, Tibet, Xi Jinping

• 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

• The Coronavirus Epidemic: Some Economic Considerations for India

  The coronavirus epidemic and its fallout globally must also remind us of the economic opportunities that India has not been able to exploit in its undeclared competition with China.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  19 March 2020

  Comparative Politics

  artificial intelligence (AI), big data, Chinese economy, COVID-19, demonetisation, digital economy, Indian economy, Kerala, logistics, Made in China 2025, pharmaceuticals, public health

• Incompetence, Insecurity and an Epidemic

  Freedom of speech and the diversity of opinion that it engenders are not a reflection of seditious tendencies endangering state security even if they might threaten the regime in power.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 February 2020

  Comparative Politics, Political Parties

  censorship, Communist Party of China (CPC), coronavirus (2019-nCov), COVID-19, economic growth, freedom of speech, Hubei, meritocracy, propaganda, SARS, Wuhan