Tag: democracy

• Book Review: India-Southeast Asia-China Triangular Dynamics

  Originally published as Jabin T. Jacob, ‘Insights on a Triangular Relationship’, The Book Review, Vol. XLI, No. 12, December 2017, 12-13. Amitav Acharya. East of India, South of China: Indian Encounters in Southeast Asia (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017). Karen Stoll Farrell and Sumit Ganguly (eds) Heading East: Security, Trade, and Environment between India…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  January 15, 2018

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, ASEAN, Asian regionalism, Bandung, Brahmaputra river, Chinese foreign policy, democracy, environment, hegemony, Indian foreign policy, Jawaharlal Nehru, Myanmar, Northeast India, physical connectivity, Zhou Enlai

• Explaining the India-China Standoff at Doklam: Causes and Implications

  ‘Explaining the India-China Standoff at Doklam: Causes and Implications’, Aakrosh, Vol. 20, No. 77, October 2017, pp. 60-76. Extract: In mid-June 2017, India and China began a long standoff in the Doklam area of Bhutan that came to an end only in late August. The crisis originated when a Chinese road-building party moved into an…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  October 13, 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Doklam, Indian foreign policy, international law, Sino-Indian relations, soft power

• The Doklam Standoff and After: Whither India-China Relations?

  What explains China’s high-decibel campaign of vilification against India in the wake of the Doklam standoff?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  September 9, 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Doklam, Indian foreign policy, Sino-Indian relations, soft power

• In the Wake of Doklam: India-China Relations Entering a New Phase

  The basic principle of standing up to China’s bullying behaviour must be clear and unadulterated coming from India. In the long run only this will prevent more such incidents as Doklam.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  August 6, 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Bhutan, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Doklam, Sikkim, Sino-Indian relations

• 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

  July 29, 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

• Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central America

  Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is both pragmatic and a realist as she manoeuvres to preserve her country’s diplomatic space and values.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  February 7, 2017

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Central America, China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party, diplomacy, Donald Trump, infrastructure development, United States

• Tsai-Trump Telephone Call: Reading Trump and the Chinese Response

  As US president, Donald Trump might be more amenable to testing Chinese limits and using Taiwan as a bargaining ploy.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  December 5, 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Donald Trump, one-China policy, Sino-US relations, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

• Parsing Tsai Ing-wen’s Inaugural Presidential Speech

  Tsai Ing-wen’s inaugural speech as President of the Republic of China suggests that Taiwan will continue to chart a course differentiating itself from mainland China.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  June 3, 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Cross-strait relations, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), elections, federalism, Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen

• 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

  September 17, 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

• Obama’s India Visit and Chinese Reactions

  The Chinese have not been blind to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s display of personal and strategic camaraderie with the Americans.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  March 17, 2015

  Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, democracy, economic relations, Indian foreign policy, public diplomacy, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-US relations

• Sino-Sri Lankan Ties post-Rajapaksa

  China-Sri Lanka ties will continue to grow. New Delhi, meanwhile, needs to show greater purpose in its own dealings with its island neighbour

  Jabin T. Jacob

  January 26, 2015

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Chinese investments, democracy, economic development, elections, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Sri Lanka