Tag: Jawaharlal Nehru

• Book Review: India-Southeast Asia-China Triangular Dynamics

  Originally published as Jabin T. Jacob, ‘Insights on a Triangular Relationship’, The Book Review, Vol. XLI, No. 12, December 2017, 12-13. Amitav Acharya. East of India, South of China: Indian Encounters in Southeast Asia (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2017). Karen Stoll Farrell and Sumit Ganguly (eds) Heading East: Security, Trade, and Environment between India…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  15 January 2018

  Borders, Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, ASEAN, Asian regionalism, Bandung, Brahmaputra river, Chinese foreign policy, democracy, environment, hegemony, Indian foreign policy, Jawaharlal Nehru, Myanmar, Northeast India, physical connectivity, Zhou Enlai

• 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

• What the Henderson Brooks Report Really Says

  In India, it is easier to blame individuals for mistakes made than to identify and correct failings and shortcomings in the institutions and processes that individuals are only a part of.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 March 2014

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, China Studies, forward policy, Indian Army, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), intelligence agencies, Jawaharlal Nehru, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Sino-Indian relations

• Indian Public Opinion and Sino-Indian Relations

  The impact of popular opinion on Sino-Indian relations has received particular attention in recent years. However, this is no phenomenon. In the run-up to the Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 and subsequently, popular feelings played an important role constraining the government’s freedom of action and in encouraging political players to make rash statements and promises.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  15 September 2011

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, BJP, Congress (I), Indian foreign policy, Janata Party, Jawaharlal Nehru, media, Sino-Indian relations, TV news channelsws

• Political Economy of Arunachal Pradesh in a Rising India

  Arunachal Pradesh’s disputed status, unique socio-cultural makeup and difficult geographic location have elicited multifaceted responses from Indian policymakers.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 September 2011

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism, War and Conflict

  1962 border conflict, boundary dispute, dams, economic integration, illegal trade, Indian foreign policy, Indian Parliament, infrastructure development, Inner Line Permit, Jawaharlal Nehru, Look East Policy, Sino-Indian relations, Tawang, Tibet, Verrier Elwin