China

The vision document considers maritime security cooperation as a lynchpin in the MSR and attempts to redesign the existing maritime security architecture in the oceanic arena of MSR.

• Abhay Kumar Singh
• June 28, 2017
• Issue Brief

China may emerge as the sole leader of global climate negotiations by supporting the Green Climate Fund, which faces a budget crisis with the US exit. This will also provide an opportunity for China to reshape its current global image.

• Rajeesh Kumar
• June 06, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The article assesses China’s Indian Ocean strategy against the backdrop of its naval base development in Djibouti. It argues that China’s naval force posturing stems from a doctrinal shift to ocean-centric strategic thinking and is indicative of the larger gameplan of having a permanent naval presence in the Indian Ocean. China’s maritime strategy comprises four key components. First, to channel naval reinforcements for securing its maritime trade and economic interests in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)—even as it strengthens the Maritime Silk Road initiative.

• Jayanna Krupakar
• May 2017
• Strategic Analysis

What to make of the combination of Trump’s missile strikes in Syria, changes of mind about China and Russia, warnings to North Korea, signals about scaling up military presence in Afghanistan, and outreach to Turkey?

• K. P. Fabian
• April 24, 2017
• IDSA Comments

AIIB is a Chinese dominated bank and the Chinese excitement about AIIB is based on the control and strategic clout that Beijing, the bank’s main architect, wields over its functioning.

• Jagannath P. Panda
• March 21, 2017
• Issue Brief

Through this white paper, China has affirmed its regional ambitions and aims to shape the regional security agenda in the Asia Pacific on its stated terms.

• Abhay Kumar Singh
• January 19, 2017
• Issue Brief

While the December 2016 White Paper sheds enough light on China’s growing ambitions in the space sector, it at the same time only reveals what China wants the rest of the world to know.

• Ajey Lele
• January 06, 2017
• Issue Brief

The Chinese stance towards the December 15, 2016 incident relating to the seizure of USN UUV by PLA Navy has been extraordinarily ambiguous.

• Abhay Kumar Singh
• January 03, 2017
• Issue Brief

China has justified the passage of the new law as an ‘objective need’ for national security considering its large cyber infrastructure and its vulnerabilities.

• Abhishek Pratap Singh
• December 23, 2016
• Backgrounder

India needs to address the issue of water sharing with China in a comprehensive manner that includes both national and international initiatives.

• G.G. Dwivedi
• October 21, 2016
• IDSA Comments