SCO 2022: What worries Xi?
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s first foreign visit since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic – to Samarkand for the SCO summit – seems to have proved largely counter-productive.
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China’s efforts in Arunachal seem futile
While the nation’s attention is drawn acutely to the western sector of the border between India and China in the wake of the bloody fisticuffs on the night of June 15, 2020, and the aftermath, developments in the Indian eastern flank are no less alarming. Indeed, China’s revival of irredentist claims, strategic border domination efforts, the creation of pinpricks or even waging psychological warfare against India. These are, of course, stoutly countered by India by matching, if not overpowering, build-up of capabilities, plans, strategic alignments, and diplomatic manoeuvres.
Continue readingEmerging Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy and Global Politics
A 3-Day Immersive Online Certificate Training Programme on “Emerging Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy and Global Politics” IMPRI Team The three-day course took place on July 14th-16th, 2022 and provided…
Continue readingThe Arrival of Chinese Vessel in Sri Lanka and its Impact on South Asia
Srikanth Kondapalli Despite serious reservations expressed by both Sri Lanka and India, and after a clearance delay of five days, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force vessel Yuan Wang 5 finally docked at the Chinese-leased…
Continue readingCalling China’s Bluff
Srikanth Kondapalli Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States Representatives, called off China’s bluff on “playing with fire” by visiting Taiwan on 3 August, amidst the latter’s coercive diplomatic…
Continue readingLooking West with I2U2
Tanvi Kaur Popularly known as the ‘Western QUAD’, the first I2U2 Summit took place on 14 July 2022, with heads of the state of India, Israel, United Arab Emirates (UAE),…
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