Avinash Godbole

The context and timing of this policy document is significant as it surveys the wide spectrum of social issues and the challenges facing China.

• Published: May 28, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Beijing’s smog, while recurrent, has been at its worst this winter and is an example of what is wrong with China’s political economy.

• Published: January 15, 2013
• IDSA Comments

Due to circumstances prevailing inside and outside China, a lot is expected from the new leaders and thus this leadership change is a vastly important process for China and for the world.

• Published: November 12, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Xi Jinping’s sudden disappearance, close to the date of the 18th Party Congress when he is to take over as the as the next President, has activated the rumour mill in China and the world. The unfolding political drama in Beijing resembles the climax of an action packed thriller.

• Published: September 15, 2012
• IDSA Comments

While China’s desire for economic prosperity in Xinjiang may be achievable, it has not seemingly found any solution to the sense of alienation felt by the local Uighurs.

• Published: August 09, 2012
• IDSA Comments

Despite focused efforts undertaken by China in the aftermath of the 2009 riots, it has not been able to and, perhaps may never be able to, answer the structural problems of the Uighur discontent in Xinjiang.

• Published: April 20, 2012
• Issue Brief

Celebrations of the 1911 Revolution show that history is subject to interpretations, most often in the ways in which it suits contemporary political objectives.

• Published: October 13, 2011
• IDSA Comments

China’s aircraft carrier programme will not only affect the balance of power in the Asia Pacific region but also add impetus to the Chinese maritime intent.

• Published: April 21, 2011
• IDSA Comments

Primarily because of the uncertainties surrounding US-China relations, the Hu-Obama summit ended in a stalemate with both leaders agreeing to disagree on important matters.

• Published: January 27, 2011
• IDSA Comments

First Forum Press, Boulder, CO, 2009, pp. 187, $59.00, ISBN 978-1-935049-05-0

• Published: November 2010
• Strategic Analysis