China Studies as a whole brings into perspective the rising power's mounting economic, military and diplomatic clout that certainly has the aptitude to either overturn or sustain the current contemporary world order. The Center broadly examines China's international strategic thinking and conduct, foreign and security policy, and the impact of domestic politics and economy on China's foreign relations. It further addresses China's emergence in the face of the world in flux, domestic politics, economy, society, culture, People's Liberation Army and Tibet Autonomous Region and most importantly her engagement with each of South Asian country.
it is possible that there could be shifts in the balance of Russia-China relations in the future and that Russia recalibrates its relationship with China though this might be difficult considering its overdependence on China for trade and investments and its current rupture with the West. ...
The fiasco of 1962 and the failure of Panchasheela, which should have led to a massive rethinking of India’s strategy vis-à-vis the border and China, instead gave way to a state of limbo in the relationship ...
The current hostilities might be an American strategy to bring the Chinese back to the negotiation table and it is in China’s interest to devise a smart strategy to forge economic alliances with the US ...
China will utilize its advantages in space for diplomatic influence, especially through its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) with a membership spanning countries in Africa, Latin America, Europe, to include NATO members like Italy and Greece ...
Tibet issue has not been acute one among Indian policymakers for the last decade but the recent trend reveals the rising interest in TAR including the possibility of playing 'The Tibet card’ as a diplomatic push in bilateral talks ...
The overall consensus in Beijing regarding the presence of USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz in SCS seems to dismiss any real or potential threat of war associated with the US move ...
In order to have a better understanding of Chinese foreign policy, what becomes pertinent therefore is the need to understand the double speak in the Chinese state’s, the Chinese media’s and Chinese military’s statements ...
Solih administration seems to have adopted a practical approach towards China and India compared to the Yameen administration and it is likely to benefit from it ...
Chinese leaders internationalised Hong Kong’s issue first, then Britain and many other governments came to support it, including the US government and the EU ...
Hybridity of Economic Diplomacy and Strategic Coercion: Evolution of PLAN’s Anti-Piracy Mission
The Chinese have already acquired overseas bases at Maldives and Hambanthota in Sri Lanka, Chittagong in Bangladesh, Gwadar in Pakistan and Chabahar in Iran are in process ...