Tag: Indian military

• 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 Reactions to India’s Attack on Balakot, Pakistan

  China professions of neutrality in South Asia cannot be taken seriously and are, in fact, attempts to create a false sense of equivalence between India and Pakistan.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  15 March 2019

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  anti-terrorism, Chinese foreign policy, Indian military, Indo-Pak relations, Pulwama attack, Sino-Pak relations

• Chinese Defence Minister’s Visit: To What End for India?

  Instead of half-baked attempts at military diplomacy, India should impart greater clarity of expression and purpose to its military relationship with China. Is China a ‘strategic partner’ or a ‘strategic competitor’? Or both?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  3 September 2018

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  border incursions, Chinese military, diplomacy, India-China relations, Indian military, Line of Actual Control (LAC), military CBMs, military reforms

• 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

• Of Perceptions and Policies

  Review of Shishir Gupta’s ‘The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte’

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 December 2014

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Chinese foreign policy, economic relations, Indian foreign policy, Indian military, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), infrastructure development, Jawaharlal Nehru, Look East Policy, Ministry of Defence, perceptions, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, South Asia, Tibet

• China Policy in India: For a Revolution in Mindsets

  What is urgently required is for Indian strategy to move from reliance on the brilliance or charisma of individuals to the solidity of processes and institutions.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  12 November 2013

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  democracy, Indian academics, Indian bureaucracy, Indian foreign policy, Indian Foreign Service (IFS), Indian military, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Sino-Indian relations