Tag: South China Sea disputes

• Book : China’s Search for ‘National Rejuvenation’: Domestic and Foreign Policies under Xi Jinping

  Asian perspectives on China’s domestic and foreign policies

  Jabin T. Jacob

  1 November 2020

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

  19th Party Congress, agriculture, ASEAN, Central Asia, Chinese foreign policy, Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Communist Party of China (CPC), International Liaison Department (ILD), Japan, North Korea, propaganda, Sino-US relations, South Asia, South China Sea disputes, South Korea, state-owned enterprises (SOEs)

• A China-led Post-Covid World? What to Expect

  China seems to believe that it will over the next couple of decades have the economic and military capacity to preempt competition or opposition to its will and that this will itself lead to global order and on its terms. But such a world order is actually likely to be an unstable one based as…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  9 May 2020

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ‘Chinese model’, authoritarianism, Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), COVID-19, propaganda, South China Sea disputes, surveillance, technology

• 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

• 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

• Interpreting Ma Ying-jeou’s Visit to Taiping Island

  What are the implications of the Taiwanese president’s visit to the Spratlys for his country’s international space? What possibilities lie ahead for the incoming DPP administration?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  10 February 2016

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties, War and Conflict

  boundary dispute, Chen Shui-bian, cross-Straits relations, Democratic Progressive Party, Kuomintang, Ma Ying-jeou, South China Sea disputes, Spratly Islands, Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, United States

• US FON Ops and China’s Continuing Challenge

  The USS Lassens action will not prevent China from persisting with its ‘forward policy’ in the South China Sea.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  12 December 2015

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  ADIZ, freedom of navigation, international law, Sino-US relations, South China Sea disputes, Southeast Asia, sovereignty, UNCLOS

• China’s 2015 Defence White Paper: Military Strategy Meets Foreign Policy

  Has Beijing reached a stage where it is willing to face crisis and/or conflict instead of preventing these in the first place?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  4 July 2015

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), Indian Army, Maritime Silk Road, PLA, PLA Air Force, PLA Navy, South China Sea disputes

• The Why of China’s Actions in the South China Sea

  China is trying to create a ‘moral code’ for its foreign policy activity but this code is also founded on a sense of national exceptionalism

  Jabin T. Jacob

  3 July 2015

  Borders, Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Chinese foreign policy, Communist Party of China (CPC), international law, nationalism, South China Sea disputes, United States