Tag: foreign languages

• A Foreign Policy without Foreign Languages

  The Indian government has a penny wise and pound foolish approach to the acquisition of foreign expertise and language proficiency.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  11 August 2020

  Comparative Politics

  Act East Policy, foreign languages, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

• China’s ‘New Tianxia’ and the Indian Response

  The fundamental weakness in India’s response to Chinese diplomatic initiatives is its lack of human resources capacity within and outside the Indian government.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  4 May 2015

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Chinese foreign policy, conference diplomacy, foreign languages, Indian foreign policy, Indian Foreign Service (IFS), new Silk Roads, new tianxia

• China’s Conference Diplomacy: Lessons for India

  Unlike India, China understands the value of reaching out as often as possible through conferences and seminars to foreign intellectual and policy elites

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 January 2015

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, diplomacy, foreign languages, human resources, Indian foreign policy, Indian Foreign Service (IFS), infrastructure development, visa policy