Tag: MOOTW

• China’s Defence White Papers: A Political Reading

  While studying the military aspects of China’s National Defense White Papers, Indian policymakers and military planners must pay attention to the political elements of this document in order to achieve a fuller more accurate understanding of China’s intentions.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  28 November 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), MOOTW, PLA, professionalization, Sino-Indian relations, social stability

• Interpreting China’s Defense White Paper 2011

  Understanding China’s military capabilities alone is not enough, India must also understand its intentions and for this a better grasp of the intersections of the political and military in China is essential.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Afghanistan, Communist Party of China (CPC), maritime security, military modernization, MOOTW, non-proliferation, PLA, PLAN

• Not India’s Ocean: Perceptions of Chinese Presence in the Indian Ocean

  It is important to start with that oft-repeated statement made by a Chinese admiral, “We can no longer accept the Indian Ocean as an ocean of the Indians.” Apart from a sense of nationalist hurt that Indian reactions to the statement portrayed and continue to portray, the statement succeeded also in evoking a realization hitherto…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  27 August 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  energy security, Gwadar, Indian Navy, MOOTW, Myanmar, Pakistan, PLAN, Sino-Indian relations, SLOCs, string of pearls, United States