Centre for Northeast Asian Studies

27/10/2024

It was wonderful discussing 'How Communist China Views the World', with Adityanjee Dr Adityanjee of the Council for Strategic Affairs Inc.

Strategic Affairs Distinguished Lecture ONTopic: "Communist China's View of The World"Date: Saturday, October 26th, 2024Time: 10.00 AM EDT (Washington D.C.) ...

12/10/2024

I speak to Jayanta Kalita, Senior Editor, The Times of India, on how China's illegal, deceitful and forceful capture of patrolling areas, needs to be seen in terms of its salami slicing strategy. If the illegal capture of 26 patrolling points was not enough, after four years of the ongoing military standoff at Galwan, China has now suggested that its troops be allowed to patrol two critical areas in Arunachal Pradesh, which have historically been India's. This is the exact same modus operandi China has used earlier with India, and there is an urgent need to track patterns to understand how the modus operandi is put in place.

India News: Hurriyat chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s latest call for dialogue on the Kashmir issue has an oblique reference to Chinese occupation of India’s territory

11/10/2024

In this article for today's Hindustan Times, I write about whether or not technology can help solve the climate crisis. I use examples from India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Egypt to stress the need for comparative studies, to understand a few solutions.

This article is authored by Sriparna Pathak.

09/10/2024

In this article for today's Hindustan Times, I discuss case studies from India, China, Europe and South Korea to analyse the attempts being made to breach the digital divide.

This article is authored Sriparna Pathak.

02/10/2024

Post the election of Sri Lankan President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake to power, there has been a narrative that his Marxist leanings imply that he is pro-China. However, Dissanayake himself clarified, immediately post Sri Lankan elections that he does not want Sri Lanka to be sandwiched between India and China.

His primary focus is to enhance domestic economic stability. India has always wanted its partners in the neighbourhood to have independent foreign policies and not pro or anti any country or regional bloc. I speak to Maria Siow of the South China Morning Post about how Dissanayake's electoral win does not mean a win for China, over India.

New leader Dissanayake is a ‘practical nationalist’ who is likely to factor India’s security concerns into his foreign policy, analysts say.

28/09/2024

I speak (extremely briefly) to Taiwan's Central News Agency on India-Taiwan ties.

駐印代表處日前接待印度研究國際關係的大學生，介紹台灣歷史及現今的競爭優勢，並澄清「一中」的謬誤，參訪學生非常踴躍提問，在互動中認識了真正的台灣，許多人表示很想到台灣留學。完整新聞內容:https://www.cna.com.tw/new...

24/09/2024

In this article for the Hindustan Times, I write about how, despite the fact that nuclear power and its accumulation has often been used for military purposes, or for the purposes of deterrence, fact also remains that it has great potentials for averting a major non- traditional, global security threat, i.e. of the climate crisis. The capacity of nuclear energy to ensure our energy independence and to guarantee the production of low carbon electricity is priceless for tackling the climate energy humanity currently faces.

Author - Sriparna Pathak, associate professor, Chinese Studies and International Relations, Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University.

06/09/2024

Neorealism or a focus on only furthering one's narrow selfish motives has become the dominant paradigm in the India-China bilateral, owing to China's military aggression as well as predatory economics. However, the fact also remains that it is impossible in this epoch of history to completely decouple from China. Even the most powerful country, the U.S. continues fluctuating between furthering cooperation and threats of decoupling.

In this article for Vol. 38, No. 1-2 of the China- India dialogue, I write about the existing channels for understanding economic challenges in the India-China hurdle, and how we must leverage the existing channels to aim for a slight improvement if not betterment of economic ties between the two.

The title of the article is not mine, and was created by editorial discretion.

02/09/2024

In this article for the Washington Post, I speak to Karishma Mehrotra about how decoupling from China completely is impossible for any country, and that holds true for India as well.

My designation in the article, nevertheless is incorrect and should be Associate Professor and not Assistant Professor.

The United States is looking to Indian manufacturing as a way to reduce commercial ties with Chinese factories and avoid supply disruptions due to tensions.

30/08/2024

On August 16, a Chinese bot on X (formerly Twitter) attempted spreading misinformation on the Olympics, on how India and the U.S. are fighting over an Indian wrestler being overweight by 100 gms.

A Chinese racist slur for Indians was used by the bot, which Google Translate automatically translated into 'India'. ThinkFi.net and I explored other forms of AI translation for the racist slur and found most of them normalise the racist slur and translate it into 'India'. Racism has no place in the 21st century and tech giants with huge markets in India need to rectify this anomaly!

In today's Firstpost we write about how AI promotes racist rants against Indians.

https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/ai-and-racism-how-artificial-intelligence-promotes-racist-rants-against-indians-13809805.html

An urgent need of the hour is for the Indian government to step in and discuss with tech giants on the necessity to stop racialism on the Internet

26/08/2024

Chirayu Thakkar will be speaking tomorrow at the Jindal School of International Affairs on Realism, Pakistan, the nuclear bomb and public opinion in India. Do join if you are on the O.P. Jindal Global University campus!

21/08/2024

In this interview with Shivam Arya, I speak about the emerging world order, India's tough policy choices and how India navigates some of the existing challenges in the current international order.

The book which formed one of the bases of the interview is available at https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/Sriparna-Pathak/dp/9390095646

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In today's rapidly shifting global landscape, understanding the dynamics of geopolitics is more crucial than ever. Join host Shivam Arya as he delves into th...