Tag: Sino-Japanese relations

• China-Taiwan crisis: Implications and options for Japan

  Co-authored with Chisako T. Masuo and originally published at India Today, 9 August 2022. It would be easy to portray the tensions generated by the visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan as something largely involving the US and China; sometimes, even the Taiwanese are not considered as part of the…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  9 August 2022

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  East China Sea, maritime disputes, maritime security, Senkaku/Diaoyutai, Sino-Japanese relations, Taiwan

• 19th CPC Congress in China: Ideology Dominant

  The 19th Party Congress’ clear line against importing Western-style democracy to China is is a sign of an ever-growing sense of rivalry with the West led by the United States

  Jabin T. Jacob

  30 October 2017

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), 19th Party Congress, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), ideology, Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-Russian relations, Sino-US relations, Xi Jinping

• Major Powers in the Indo-Pacific

  Even without the US, China’s increasing regional and global interests would make an ‘Indo-Pacific’ framework inevitable to understand and deal with political and security challenges in Asia and the world

  Jabin T. Jacob

  12 September 2016

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Act East Policy, Asia-Pacific security, economic integration, Indo-Pacific, Sino-Japanese relations, Sino-Russian relations, Sino-US relations, South China Sea disputes

• 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

• India-Japan Ties in the Sino-Japanese Mix

  Even the common ‘threat’ of China has not really helped lay the foundation for a deeper and sustainable India-Japan partnership in the politico-strategic realm.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  31 August 2014

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Indian foreign policy, Japan, Look East Policy, Sino-Japanese relations, World War II

• When disaster strikes, politics is not far away

  In an inter-dependent world, one country’s tragedy is just as much a tragedy for the world at large and an opportunity to come together to cooperate and move beyond the past. Yet, in the Asian context at least, competitive politics both between countries and within polities appear never to be far from the surface.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  17 September 2011

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Bangladesh, China, Cyclone Nargis 2008, Cyclone Sidr 2007, discrimination, Indo-Pak relations, Japanese quake and tsunami 2011, Kashmir, Pakistan earthquake 2005, PLA, Sichuan earthquake 2008, Sino-Japanese relations, Sri Lanka, tsunami 2004