Tag: Japan

• A US-India-China Trilateral? Big Promise but Dim Prospects

  A US-India-China trilateral dialogue based on traditional security considerations is not likely to get very far. Therefore, start with non-traditional security issues of common concern.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  19 July 2012

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Afghanistan, Chinese foreign policy, democracy, G-2, Indian foreign policy, Indo-US Strategic Dialogue, Japan, South China Sea, trilateral partnerships, United States

• Hillary Clinton’s India Visit: Chinese Elephant in the Room

  If “much of the history of the 21st century will be written in Asia”, then New Delhi will need to find the energy and resources to focus not just on its troubled western frontiers but also on its sprawling and diverse eastern neighbourhood.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  21 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Afghanistan, Asian century, Australia, democracy, India-Japan-US trilateral, Indo-US relations, Indonesia, Japan, Look East Policy, maritime security, Myanmar, Quadrilateral Initiative, Sino-Indian relations, Sino-US relations, South China Sea disputes, strategic partnership, Vietnam

• Will Emerging Powers Promote Democracy?

  The decline of Western dominance, symbolized by the financial crisis in 2008 and the rise of emerging actors such as China, India and Brazil, will fundamentally change the way decisions are made at the international level. Apart from changing the way decisions are made, the rise of non-established powers such as India and Brazil on…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  3 September 2011

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  Africa, aid policy, BRICS, democracy, developing countries, emerging powers, IBSA, Indonesia, Japan, rising powers

• Another Sino-Japanese spat

  If economic interdependence is insufficient for China to compromise on territorial issues with its smaller neighbours, the latter are unlikely to behave any differently.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  2 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ARF, Chinese Internet, Chinese MoFA, energy security, exclusive economic zone, Japan, MSDF, PLA, rare earths, Senkaku/Diaoyutai, WTO

• Towards a New Asian Architecture: India and Ideology

  India must ask itself some hard questions. What does India view as the foundation for its relations with other countries? Why for example, should any country consider India’s rise as benign in comparison to that of China’s?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  25 August 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Asia, Asian century, Asian values, democracy, independent foreign policy, Japan, regional security, Sino-Indian relations, United States