Tag: Sino-Indian relations

• When Religion and Politics Mix: The Dalai Lama and India-China Relations

  There is no real Tibet card for New Delhi to play and India ignores its own Buddhists while supporting the Dalai Lama.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 April 2017

  Borders, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Buddhism, Dalai Lama, Indian foreign policy, Kiren Rijiju, Mongolia, Sino-Indian relations, soft power, Tibet

• 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

• The 8th BRICS Summit: India Hosts, China Gains

  Despite being the host, India did not get a BRICS Declaration that accurately reflected its interests and values.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  30 December 2016

  Foreign Policy

  BIMSTEC, BRICS, diplomacy, international law, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, terrorism

• India, the NSG and China: Time to Move Away from the Blame Game

  China has shown following the PCA ruling that the way to come back from a diplomatic loss is more diplomacy – political, economic and military – not less. India has much to learn.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  8 November 2016

  Foreign Policy

  diplomacy, international law, NPT, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Sino-Indian relations, South China Sea disputes

• Missing Opportunities: India and OBOR

  By refusing to engage with the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, India’s policymakers are letting go of opportunities to shape and influence events in its two largest neighbours

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 October 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), BRICS, China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), economic cooperation, Pakistan, Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, Sino-Indian relations

• India-Taiwan Relations: Promise Unfulfilled

  India-Taiwan relations lack both ambition and creativity and suffer from not a little pusillanimity.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  14 September 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), economic cooperation, education, Indian foreign policy, infrastructure development, Kuomintang (KMT), people-to-people contacts, Sino-Indian relations, sub-nationalism, Taiwan

• 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…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 September 2016

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy, Sub-nationalism

  border trade, centre-province relations, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese investments, Chinese provinces, economic integration, federalism, Indian foreign policy, Indian states, Sino-Indian relations, trade and economy

• Boxing It In: China’s Approach to India

  China appears to believe that India’s unfriendliness and lack of capacity mean that it has to and can be tied down to South Asia

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 August 2016

  Foreign Policy

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), economic integration, Narendra Modi, Pakistan, Sino-Indian relations, South Asia, Xi Jinping

• Interview: China Balances Assertiveness and Diplomacy

  China walks a fine line balancing its assertiveness in the South China Sea with promoting economic cooperation through its ‘new Silk Roads’ initiative

  Jabin T. Jacob

  13 August 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), economic integration, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), Sino-Indian relations, Sino-Japanese relations, South China Sea disputes, Southeast Asia