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What China thinks about the N-deal progress

26. July 2008

Source July 24, 2008 While the party and the State-controlled media in China have so far confined themselves to giving a factual account of the trust vote in New Delhi on the nuclear deal with the US, an authoritative and well-connected strategic affairs journal in Chinese language, has chosen to come [...]

India and Japan: Impact of Relationship on China

19. July 2008

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Source B.Raman, C3S Paper No.43 dated August 22, 2007 There is an economic and a strategic angle to India’s expectations from the current visit of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, who arrived in Delhi on August 21, to reciprocate the visit paid by Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh to Japan from December 13 to 16 last [...]

India and the US-Sponsored Pax Democratica

19. July 2008

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Source B.Raman, C3S Paper No. 44 dated August 23, 2007 In an article titled “Democratisation And Failed States: The Challenge of Ungovernability” published in the summer 1996 issue of “Parameters”, the quarterly journal of the US Army War College, Dr.Robert H.Dorff, Visiting Professor of Foreign Policy at the US Army War College and Associate Professor of [...]

China: Media Fears Over India Becoming Part of Western Alliance

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.46 dated August 29, 2007 Sino-Indian relations are progressing steadily. Bilateral economic and trade ties are improving significantly and strategically, both the nations have come to view each other as not a threat. Despite no breakthrough yet on finding a solution to the thorny boundary issue, confidence-building measures in the border, more [...]

Is the Emerging Asian Security Paradigm a Threat to China?

19. July 2008

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Source Col.R.Hariharan, C3S Paper No. 48 dated September 11, 2007 The “Malabar CY 07-2″ naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal held in the first week of September, 2007 undoubtedly represent a major shift in India’s strategic security perceptions. Only the US and Indian navies had been participating in the 12 Malabar series of naval exercises [...]

Normalisation of China-Japan Ties: Historical Bonds and Limitations of their Roles

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.51 dated September 19, 2007 It cannot be denied that following the ‘ice-breaking’ visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in October 2006 and the ‘ice melting’ visit to Japan, in return, of his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao in April 2007, a positive atmosphere [...]

China: After North Korea, Myanmar?

19. July 2008

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Source B.Raman, C3S Paper No.59 dated October 5, 2007 In the run-up to next year’s Beijing Olympics, China has been keen to project itself as a facilitator of solutions to long-standing problems in the Asian region. 2. Its quiet role in persuading North Korea to give up its military nuclear capability and to respond positively to South [...]

Japan: Foreign Policy Under Fukuda Administration

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.77 dated November 30, 200 Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (71) has a ‘dovish’ personality in contrast to the conservative and nationalistic mindset of his predecessors, Koizumi and Abe, which would mean by implication his aspirations for smooth relationships with countries abroad, in particular for defusing tensions with neighbours, particularly China and [...]

Is China Wary of India’s “Look-East Policy”?

19. July 2008

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Source D.S.Rajan, C3S Paper No.97 dated January 13, 2008 Both the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and India agree over the need for building a ‘harmonious, peaceful and prosperous’ East Asia and assess positively the significance in this regard of the roles of mechanisms like the ASEAN partnership summits and the East Asian Summit (EAS). The [...]

Asia’s Challenging Strategic Calculus

19. July 2008

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Source Dr. Subhash Kapila, C3S Paper No.174 dated June 24, 2008 Introductory Observations Asia’s strategic calculus contemporarily is in a state of flux and dominated by strategic uncertainties due to a complex power-play within Asia itself. The global strategic calculus too reflects this state of flux as the Asian landmass extends geo-strategically from the Mediterranean to [...]

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