Tag: United States

• Ishiba Meets Trump: A Diplomatic Win for Japan Under Pressure

  Originally published as Chisako T. Masuo and Jabin T. Jacob, ‘Ishiba-Trump meet a diplomatic win for Japan’, Deccan Herald, 24 February 2025. By mid-February, United States’ new president Donald Trump had invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the White…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 February 2025

  Foreign Policy

  Chinese foreign policy, Donald Trump, economic diplomacy, Japan, Quadrilateral Initiative, United States

• A Third Term For Xi Jinping Holds Little Assurance For India

  Originally published at BQ Prime, 22 October 2022. India has several reasons to pay close attention to the ongoing 20th Party Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).  As a neighbour to China and as a country of similar size of population and length of history, it would be natural for India to assume…

  Jabin T. Jacob

  22 October 2022

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  ‘informal summit’, 20th CPC Congress, anti-terrorism, Arunachal Pradesh, boundary dispute, Communist Party of China (CPC), Ladakh, Line of Actual Control (LAC), Sino-Indian relations, Tibet, United States

• Looking Beyond China: Strengthening Bilateral Relationships in the Quad

  Quad 2.0 has proceeded more determinedly even if slowly but the Covid-19 pandemic now offers an opportunity to step up the pace. The issue now is of ensuring that Chinese pressure does not derail its development yet again.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  9 June 2020

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Australia, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Indian Ocean, Japan, MALABAR naval exercises, Quadrilateral Initiative, regional security, Sino-Indian relations, United States

• Another Rajapaksa at the Helm in Sri Lanka: The China Factor

  Given that China has both more money than India and diplomatic capacity that matches that of the US, it will remain a significant player in Sri Lanka.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  25 December 2019

  Comparative Politics, Foreign Policy

  ‘belt and road’ initiative (BRI)/(OBOR), Buddhism, China-Sri Lanka relations, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Hambanto, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Maithripala Sirisena, Pakistan, South Asia, sphere of influence, United States, US-China rivalry

• Let the Quad Die: Towards Greater Indian Leadership in the Indo-Pacific

  There is a case to be made for an India-led initiative in the Indo-Pacific that displays greater commitment to upholding international law than to ‘inclusivity’ as well as willingness to take on a wider ambit of regional responsibilities in the security and political domains

  Jabin T. Jacob

  24 July 2019

  Foreign Policy, War and Conflict

  Australia, Chinese foreign policy, containment, Indian foreign policy, Indian Ocean, Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, international law, Japan, maritime security, Quadrilateral Initiative, Singapore, South Korea, UNCLOS, United States, Vietnam

• China and National Security – the Congress’ 2019 Election Manifesto

  What does the election manifesto of the Indian National Congress say about China in national security terms?

  Jabin T. Jacob

  6 May 2019

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  1962 Sino-Indian conflict, boundary dispute, Congress (I), cybersecurity, economic relations, elections, Indian foreign policy, Line of Actual Control (LAC), military modernization, military reforms, technology, United States

• Tsai Ing-wen’s Visit to Central America

  Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen is both pragmatic and a realist as she manoeuvres to preserve her country’s diplomatic space and values.

  Jabin T. Jacob

  7 February 2017

  Foreign Policy, Political Parties

  Central America, China-Taiwan relations, democracy, Democratic Progressive Party, diplomacy, Donald Trump, infrastructure development, United States

• 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

• 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