Why have India and China failed to arrive at a lasting solution to their respective territorial claims? Given the recent deterioration in India-China relations, this puzzle is the issue du jour not only in the strategic and academic community but also among the mass public…
China has always been an enigma and is considered to be a mysterious riddle to be solved. Her aggressive and belligerent approach and attitude towards the world at large and India in particular during the time of the pandemic has left everyone wondering about her psyche…
One of the most prominently featured characters in Barbara Demick’s new book is called Gonpo. Born in 1950, a year after Mao Zedong declares a ‘New China’, she is the daughter of a King in Amdo, a region on the eastern end of the Tibetan Plateau in what is modern-day Sichuan…
Edited volumes are usually difficult to pull off—even when the editors have a clear set of questions outlined and terms defined, contributors might not follow the memo. The final output might look quite different from the planned outcome. But that is still fine as long…
The quest for ‘National Rejuvenation’ has become the buzz word since Xi Jinping has come to power. Scholars and students of Chinese studies have been trying to understand what this actually entails. There is also a need to understand what ‘National Rejuvenation’ includes…
India’s External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar speaking at the Ramnath Goenka Memorial Lecture in November 2019 noted that the world is not only different but is undergoing a structural transaformation.[1]The statement underlines the fact that the challenges India faces to its growth…