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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 …
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Expectations from the Modi Visit to China
It makes sense for two countries the size and complexity of India and China for their cities and provinces to develop their own independent economic linkages with each other.
Reclaiming India’s Foreign Policy for its Citizens
In a country where it is a struggle to even exercise one’s rights, how much attention can ordinary citizens devote to foreign policy?
The Modi-Xi Tango: Missteps and Fluffed Lines?
If India thinks it has a Tibet card, then it must play it more wisely, not engage in theatrics.
Assessing the Xi Visit: After the Optics, A Reality Check
China is not going to make big investments in Indian infrastructure development without adequate policy support from New Delhi and state governments.
Xi Meets Modi: A Historic Opportunity for Sino-Indian Leadership
Sino-Indian relations are at a new juncture. Modi and Xi must together summon the vision and statesmanship needed to grab the opportunity thus provided.
Xi visits India: Great Expectations
Modi and Xi must have the ability to overcome the hierarchy-bound nature of their official establishments to institutionalize greater and more frequent bilateral contacts
Sino-Indian Sub-National Economic Ties: Changing the Game
As the two countries try to improve their economic ties, much of their efforts will have to be concentrated at the sub-national level
Thinking about China in India 