Bhutan will tread warily over China border dispute

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Border Dispute ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
India And China

Significance In the 1990s, Beijing offered a ‘package solution’ whereby Bhutan would relinquish control of land abutting certain areas of the Bhutan-China border in return for territory in other parts. Bhutan and its key partner, India, rejected it, but the kingdom now says it wants discussion of all disputed areas. Impacts India and China will ramp up military infrastructure along their mutual border. China will step up economic overtures to India’s South Asian partners as a means of undercutting Delhi’s regional influence. Bhutan’s government will face growing pressure domestically to pursue an independent foreign policy, rather than one dominated by Delhi.

scholarly journals China’s Footprints in Maldives: Concern for India?

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Y Surendra Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
South Asian ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Peaceful Rise ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
China’S Foreign Policy ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Diplomatic Relationship ◽  
India And China

China has, in the recent decades, has consolidated its interests in the South Asian region. This change in China’s foreign policy, from a focus on the North-East and South-East Asia, hints at an attempt to sustain China’s own peaceful rise. India, on the other hand, has emphasised on a ‘Look East’ foreign policy in the recent times. Both India and China share an important diplomatic relationship with Maldives. However, China’s growing influence in Maldives might be a serious strategic concern to India. This article is an exploratory study of the relationship that China shares with Maldives and its implications to India.

Iran talks failure would heighten regional instability

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle Eastern ◽  
Regional Stability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
International Dispute ◽  
International Standing ◽  
Limited Power ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
Enriched Uranium

Subject Scenarios for Iran's regional policy if nuclear talks fail. Significance The Islamic Republic has traditionally pursued regime survival, international legitimacy and regional influence through ties with proxies across the Middle East. The election of moderate President Hassan Rouhani in June 2013 altered Iran's foreign policy priorities towards restoring Iran's international standing after the damaging Ahmadi-Nejad years. Alongside his pledge to seek an end to the international dispute over Iran's nuclear programme, Rouhani pursued rapprochement with Gulf neighbours to reduce tensions and allay Gulf fears over Iran's regional ambitions. Current talks are unlikely to be extended beyond their March 31 deadline, and, if they fail, would significantly influence Iran's foreign policy and regional stability. Impacts Failure to conclude a nuclear deal would result in hardliners winning the 2016 parliamentary elections, leaving Rouhani with limited power. If talks fail, Iran is also likely to resume producing 20% enriched uranium. Stronger ties with China and Russia would help Iran counter Western sanctions and diplomatic isolation. Iranian military escalation could draw the West into a new, open-ended Middle Eastern conflict.

Prospects for the Gulf states in 2017

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Gulf Cooperation Council ◽  
Cost Of Living ◽  
Social Unrest ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Gulf States ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
Policy Priority ◽  
State Subsidies

Subject Prospects for the Gulf states in 2017. Significance Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments are in the process of gradually lifting state subsidies on power, fuel and water, while watching for signs of social unrest stemming from the rising cost of living at a time of high youth unemployment. For the majority, concern at Iran’s expanding regional influence is a key foreign policy priority.

India and China will avoid war but grow further apart

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Content Type ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
Popular Movements ◽  
Security Relationship ◽  
India And China

Significance The violence broke out despite ongoing bilateral talks to resolve a border stand-off. Delhi and Beijing are blaming each other for the crisis but also affirming their commitment to de-escalation. Impacts India will see a rise in popular movements to boycott Chinese goods. China will try to strengthen its relationships with India's neighbouring countries in the hope of isolating Delhi politically. Delhi will tighten its security relationship with Washington, Tokyo and Canberra as it tries to push back on Beijing's regional influence.

The Great Game in West Asia

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Ethnic Heterogeneity ◽  
The South ◽  
South Caucasus ◽  
Strategic Competition ◽  
Regional Influence ◽  
Policy Agendas ◽  
Global Affairs ◽  
Great Game

The Great Game in West Asia examines the strategic competition between Iran and Turkey for power and influence in the South Caucasus. These neighboring Middle East powers have vied for supremacy throughout the region, while contending with ethnic heterogeneity within their own territories and across their borders. Turkey has long conceived of itself as not just a bridge between Asia and Europe but as a central player in regional and global affairs. Iran’s parallel ambitions for strategic centrality have only been masked by its own inarticulate foreign policy agendas and the repeated missteps of its revolutionary leaders. But both have sought to deepen their regional influence and power, and in the South Caucasus each has achieved a modicum of success. As much of the world’s attention has been diverted to conflicts near and far, a new ‘great game’ has been unravelling between Iran and Turkey in the South Caucasus.

Coda: Ten Questions on Globality

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
The Editors ◽  
Dipesh Chakrabarty
Keyword(s):  
South Asian ◽  
The State ◽  
University Of Chicago ◽  
Subaltern Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
The University ◽  
Asian Languages

Abstract Dipesh Chakrabarty is Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the author of several books, including The Crises of Civilization (2018) and Provincializing Europe (2000); and was one of the principal founders of the editorial collective of Subaltern Studies. In this discussion he ruminates upon the state of globality; its relationship to the planet Earth; the scope and possible duration of the Anthropocene; and some of globalization's consequences for humanity and human understanding. The interview was conducted by managing editor, Kenneth Weisbrode.

Germany’s coalition faces division on several fronts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Policy Decision ◽  
Public Image ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Strong Emphasis ◽  
Investment Agreement ◽  
Policy Decision Making ◽  
The Eu

Significance The three parties successfully negotiated a coalition agreement with a strong emphasis on modernising Germany’s economy. Throughout the negotiations, the parties presented a public image of stability and harmony, yet several divisive issues will test the new government's stability and effectiveness. Impacts The composition of the new government will make it harder for Berlin to win approval for the EU-China Comprehensive Investment Agreement. Chancellor Olaf Scholz will seek to prioritise more unity at the EU level when it comes to foreign policy decision-making. The spread of the Omicron variant will slow economic recovery and potentially delay the transition to a greener economy.

Domestic matters will determine Mexican foreign policy

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Critical Rhetoric ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
International Profile ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean

Significance The move follows Mexico’s hosting of a Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) summit last month, and provides an opportunity to expand the country’s international profile. However, AMLO generally disregards foreign policy, except as a tool for advancing domestic interests and building public support. Impacts US relations will continue to dominate foreign policy, despite AMLO’s critical rhetoric about rich nations. In the short term, Mexico will frame its foreign policy around calls for increased access to COVID-19 vaccines. Mexico’s energy policy could become a source of international tension, given its potential implications for foreign investors.

Foreign Policy after 1990

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Raja Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Cold War ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Economic Resources ◽  
Reform Era ◽  
Absolute Increase ◽  
Core Concepts ◽  
Strategic Influence ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Strategic Autonomy

Four broad themes in India’s foreign policy since 1990 are analysed in this chapter: restructuring of great power relations, reconnecting to the extended neighbourhood, recasting the South Asian policy, and rethinking some of the core concepts like non-alignment. Liberated from the Cold War constraints and in search of capital, technology, and markets in the reform era, India intensified the engagement with the West without abandoning its traditional Russian partnership. It began to rebuild its economic and political ties to the extended neighbourhood, injected greater flexibility into its engagement with the smaller neighbours in the subcontinent, and sought, unsuccessfully, to normalize relations with Pakistan. The absolute increase in its military and economic resources began to compel India to think less like a developing, non-aligned country and more like an emerging and responsible power. India is also struggling to address the tension between the concepts of ‘strategic autonomy’ and ‘strategic influence’.

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