Tag: Indian foreign policy

• India’s Absence at China’s Belt and Road Forum

  While India had good reasons to boycott China’s showcase event in Beijing, it might nevertheless have missed an opportunity to convey its concerns in a more forceful and public manner.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  20 May 2017

  Foreign Policy

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Chinese foreign policy, economic development, economic relations, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development

• Sheikh Hasina’s Visit to India: China in the Background

  China is turning into a serious challenger to India in Bangladesh in the economic and military domains and is growing in strength in the political dimension, too.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 April 2017

  Foreign Policy

  Bangladesh, Chinese military, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, PLA, PLA Navy

• When Religion and Politics Mix: The Dalai Lama and India-China Relations

  There is no real Tibet card for New Delhi to play and India ignores its own Buddhists while supporting the Dalai Lama.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 April 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Indian foreign policy, Kiren Rijiju, Mongolia, Sino-Indian relations, soft power, Tibet

• China in Central Asia: Myth-making and Foreign Policy

  India needs to give Ladakh greater agency in order to ensure that this region can function as its pivot to Central Asia and to challenge Chinese domination there.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 March 2017

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Central Asia, Chinese foreign policy, history, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Kashgar, Ladakh, mythology, SCO, soft power, Xinjiang

• How India Deals with its China Challenge

  The Chinese have learnt that a country’s foreign and security policies abroad are only as good as the strength of its structures and systems at home

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 February 2017

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese military, grand strategy, Indian bureaucracy, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Kashmir, Line of Actual Control (LAC)

• 1962: A Very Particular View

  Review of Shiv Kunal Verma’s ‘1962: The War That Wasn’t’

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 January 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese military, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Jawaharlal Nehru, Ladakh, Line of Actual Control (LAC), prisoners of war (POW), Sardar Vallabhai Patel, Sino-Indian relations, Tibet, VK Krishna Menon

• India-Taiwan Relations: Promise Unfulfilled

  India-Taiwan relations lack both ambition and creativity and suffer from not a little pusillanimity.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  14 September 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), economic cooperation, education, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Kuomintang (KMT), people-to-people contacts, Sino-Indian relations, sub-nationalism, Taiwan

• Indian States and Foreign Policy: Lessons from Chinese Provinces

  

  Originally published as Jabin T. Jacob, ‘China’s Provinces and Foreign Policy: Lessons and Implications for India and its States’ in Subir Bhaumik (ed.), Agartala Doctrine: A Proactive Northeast in India Foreign Policy (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2016), pp. 253-70. Extracts Even without their rising world profiles as a starting point, it has long been a…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 September 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  border trade, centre-province relations, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese investments, Chinese provinces, economic integration, federalism, Indian foreign policy, Indian states, Sino-Indian relations, trade and economy

• Chinese Provinces and Nepal: The Case of Tibet Autonomous Region

  China appears to be using its provinces such as Tibet, Yunnan and Sichuan to exercise influence in a different, apparently less threatening way in Nepal.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  5 May 2016

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), border trade, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese provinces, economic integration, Indian foreign policy, Nepal, Tibet