Tag: Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)

• India’s Xinjiang Abstention: Neither Morality nor Self-Interest Clear

  Originally published as ‘What national interests has India achieved by abstaining at UNHRC vote on Xinjiang?’, Moneycontrol, 14 October 2022. In Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, George Smiley is asked a question about what morality was — whether it was a method or if it was “vested in the aims”. “Difficult to know what one’s aims…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  14 October 2022

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, ethnic policy, human rights, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sino-Indian relations, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, Uyghur, Xinjiang

• China exploits Wang Yi’s India visit to its advantage

  The Indian government allowed the Chinese envoy to grandstand and sell China’s narratives to the rest of the world

  Jabin T. Jacob

  29 March 2022

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Ajit Doval, boundary dispute, BRICS Summit, Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Line of Actual Control (LAC), S. Jaishankar, Sino-Indian relations, Wang Yi

• Wang Yi in India: Whither India’s muscular foreign policy?

  New Delhi continues to under-utilise the opportunity to revise and reset its China policy that the Chinese transgressions in eastern Ladakh provided nearly two years ago.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  25 March 2022

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, BRICS, Chinese foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Kashmir, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Pak relations, Wang Yi

• Assessing India’ China Policy in 2021

  It appears that the Indian government lacks the political will to deal with China firmly and unambiguously

  Jabin T. Jacob

  1 January 2022

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  AUKUS, boundary dispute, BRICS, Chinese foreign policy, Depsang, Galwan, Indian Army, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Indian Navy, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Pangong Tso, Quadrilateral Initiative, Russia-India-China trilateral, Sino-Indian relations

• LAC Standoff: Do Not Expand Ambit of Talks

  Talks with China should be limited to and led by military commanders under political supervision with staff support from Indian foreign ministry officials if necessary

  Jabin T. Jacob

  21 September 2020

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Central Military Commission (CMC), Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Communist Party of China (CPC), Indian Army, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Line of Actual Control (LAC), Sino-Indian boundary negotiations, Sino-Indian relations

• 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)

• Confused and Confusing: The PM’s Official Statements About 15 June

  Prime Minister Modi’s statement at the All Party Meeting on 19 June ended up casting doubt on India’s own behaviour and claims along the LAC and actually encourages further Chinese assertiveness all along disputed sectors on the LAC as well as the temptation to open up fresh disputes.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  25 June 2020

  Borders, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  Aksai Chin, border incursions, Galwan, India-China relations, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Line of Actual Control (LAC), Narendra Modi, public communications

• Reorienting India’s China Policy Towards Greater Transparency

  The deaths of Indian soldiers along the LAC at Galwan is a watershed moment in India-China ties. If the relationship is not to spin out of control, India needs to develop military, economic and intellectual muscle certainly but also adopt transparency and openness to questions as a central plank of the reworking of its China…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 June 2020

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, boundary dispute, China Studies, Communist Party of China (CPC), democracy, Galwan, Indian Army, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Line of Actual Control (LAC), public communications

• Looking Beyond China: Strengthening Bilateral Relationships in the Quad

  Quad 2.0 has proceeded more determinedly even if slowly but the Covid-19 pandemic now offers an opportunity to step up the pace. The issue now is of ensuring that Chinese pressure does not derail its development yet again.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  9 June 2020

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Australia, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Indian Ocean, Japan, MALABAR naval exercises, Quadrilateral Initiative, regional security, Sino-Indian relations, United States