Tag: Donald Trump

• In trade war with the US, China’s strong language hides its frailties

  “IF WAR IS what the US wants, be it a tariff war, a trade war or any other type of war, we’re ready to fight till the end”. So declared, a Chinese Foreign Ministry tweet in March when the Donald Trump administration raised tariffs over China’s lack…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  May 1, 2025

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Donald Trump, economic diplomacy, US-China rivalry, US-China trade war

• Ishiba Meets Trump: A Diplomatic Win for Japan Under Pressure

  By mid-February, United States’ new president Donald Trump had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White… Originally published as Chisako T. Masuo and Jabin T. Jacob, ‘Ishiba-Trump meet a diplomatic win for Japan’, Deccan Herald, 24 February 2025.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  February 24, 2025

  Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, Donald Trump, economic diplomacy, Japan, Quadrilateral Initiative, United States

• 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

  May 16, 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

• 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