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  • 5 Dec 2022
    • China
    • China-India Relations
    • India
    • India's Navy
    • Indonesia
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Navy

    Islands of opportunity: Australia and India’s chance to collaborate

    Radhey Tambi
    The Indian Ocean region is too large for any one country to manage but cooperation on island territories would help.
  • 22 Jul 2021
    • Cyber Warfare
    • China-Japan Relations
    • China's Military
    • Defence Intelligence and Security
    • China-India Relations

    Bringing the grey zone into focus

    Peter Layton
    Australia must be ready for China’s next move in the volatile game of statecraft brinkmanship.
  • 15 Jul 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    Twisting India’s Chicken’s Neck

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    The Siliguri Corridor in north-eastern India poses a major defence challenge.
  • 9 Jul 2020
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    India’s dilemma: Neither strategic nor autonomous

    Christopher Snedden 
    The long-desired aim of strategic autonomy is still far away. And confrontation with China is much closer.
  • 1 Jul 2020
    • China
    • China-India Relations
    • India
    • Technology

    India’s TikTok stars collateral damage in Chinese app ban

    Aarti Betigeri
    The move signals that decades of appeasement towards China by a succession of Indian leaders is coming to an end.
  • 19 Jun 2020
    • Defence & Security
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    Lessons from the India-China border clashes

    Abhijnan Rej
    China has effectively signalled a new phase in its territorial strategy, which should give Indo-Pacific watchers pause.
  • 1 Jun 2020
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    The local cost of rising India-China tensions

    Alexander Davis , Ruth Gamble
    The recent territorial disputes in the Himalaya have a long history. They also imperil the future of a fragile place.
  • 24 Jan 2018
    • Asia
    • Asean
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    The China factor in India’s commitment to ASEAN

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    India's position on ASEAN reflects an ambition to create a bulwark against the emergence of a Sino-centric regional order.
  • 12 Sep 2017
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    Coming full-circle in the Sino-Indian relationship

    Chietigj Bajpaee
    Almost 30 years after India and China agreed relations would not be held hostage to the territorial dispute, it remains a source of mistrust and hostility.
  • 21 Jul 2017
    • China
    • India
    • China-India Relations

    Doklam: Paths ahead for India and China

    Shashank Joshi
    The India-China standoff at the Doklam tri-junction area, now in its second month, is the most serious crisis between the two countries in 30 years.
  • 7 Jul 2017
    • China-India Relations

    Game-changer: The China-India stand-off in the Himalayas

    Pradeep Taneja
    China and India have peacefully resolved similar incidents in the past. This time, however, the threat of war is being freely mentioned.
  • 13 Feb 2017
    • China-India Relations

    Kung-Fu Yoga: China's soft power drive goes awry

    Marie-Alice McLean-Dreyfus
    The response to the recent Chinese-Indian joint venture film Kung-Fu Yoga suggests that global domination by China's film industry is still some way off.
  • 9 Oct 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    Malabar: Modi Government misses an opportunity as annual exercise slumps

    Shashank Joshi
  • 8 Jul 2015
    • Global Issues
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • Multilateral Institutions
    • China-India Relations

    SCO summit marks steady rise of India in China's worldview

    Dirk van der Kley
  • 17 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Modi builds India's sphere of influence in the Indian Ocean

    David Brewster
  • 16 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    India is no ally of the US

    Crispin Rovere
  • 13 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    Would India go to war with China to help America?

    Hugh White
  • 11 Mar 2015
    • Public Opinion
    • Diplomacy
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Public Diplomacy And International Broadcasting
    • Australia and Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Public Opinion Polling
    • China-India Relations
    • E-diplomacy

    Under the Dome and India's Daughter: Documentaries stir powerful online reaction in Asia

    Danielle Cave
  • 10 Mar 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The consequences of the strengthening US-India partnership are still uncertain

    Shashank Joshi
  • 16 Feb 2015
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-India Relations

    Obama's India visit reveals weakness of US position in Asia

    Hugh White
  • 13 Feb 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Maritime Security
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Institutions
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations
    • US-China

    The US-India convergence

    Shashank Joshi
  • 21 Jan 2015
    • Defence & Security
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • Regional relationships
    • China-India Relations

    Book review: The China-Pakistan Axis

    Shashank Joshi
  • 18 Dec 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Australian Perspective
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • The Asia Pacific's Economies
    • Regional relationships
    • Australia and Asia
    • China-India Relations

    India's new Asia-Pacific strategy: 'Act East'

    Danielle Rajendram
  • 17 Sep 2014
    • Asia and Pacific
    • Asia Pacific Security
    • China-India Relations

    Xi Jinping in India: Economic focus suits both sides

    Shashank Joshi

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