Faculty at School of Humanities and Social Sciences

Jabin Thomas Jacob

Jabin Thomas Jacob

Professor

School of Humanities and Social Sciences


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Chinese domestic politics, Chinese foreign policy, India-China relations, and science, technology and international relations

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2008, Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

  • Professor (July 2026-), Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Director (January 2023-present), Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Associate Professor (January 2019-July 2026), Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shiv Nadar University, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Visiting Senior Research Fellow (September-October 2024), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • Fellow (April 2012-March 2018), Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.
  • Assistant Director (October 2011-August 2016), Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi.
  • Visiting Faculty (October 2012), Université Montesquieu GRECCAP, Bordeaux IV, France.
  • Visiting Research Fellow (January-March 2012), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
  • Senior Research Fellow (July 2010-June 2011), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
  • Hermès Post-Doctoral Fellow (October 2009-June 2010), SPIRIT, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France.
  • Research Fellow (August 2006-September 2009), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.
  • Research Officer (September 2003-August 2004), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi.

  1. (with Vishal Choudhury) ‘China in Egypt: Converting Economic Engagement into Political Capital’, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1 January-April 2025. 55-71.
  2. (with Vishal Choudhury) ‘China in Madagascar: Building Centrality through Economic Development and Maritime Engagement’, Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2. May–August 2024. 239-254.
  3. ‘A Potential Conflict over Taiwan: A View from India’, The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 3, November 2022. 147-162.
  4. (Bhim B. Subba) ‘“Carrying Forward the Great Founding Spirit”: Governance in the Communist Party of China Today’, China Report, Vol. 58, No. 3, August 2022. 263–282.
  5. (with Bhim B. Subba) ‘Towards Exceptionalism: The Communist Party of China and its Uses of History’, China Report, Vol. 58, No. 1, February 2022. 7-27.
  6. ‘“To Tell China’s Story Well”: China’s International Messaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic’, China Report, Vol. 56, No. 3, August 2020. 374-392.
  7. ‘China in India’s Neighbourhood: Connectivity, Political Messaging and Military Diplomacy’, Artha - Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 18, Issue 4, October-December 2019. 117-132.
  8. ‘Connectivity Models in the Indo-Pacific: An Indian Perspective’, Maritime Affairs, Vol. 14, Issue 1, June 2018. 1-10.
  9. ‘China’s Belt and Road Initiative: Perspectives from India’, China & World Economy, Vol. 25, No. 5, September-October 2017. 78-100.

  1. (with Constantino Xavier) (Eds). How China Engages South Asia: In the Open and Behind the Scenes (New Delhi: Centre for Social and Economic Progress, 2025).
  2. (with Anil Kumar Chawla) ‘Gwadar Seaport, Pakistan’ in Jean-Marc F. Blanchard (ed.) Chinese Overseas Ports in Southeast and South Asia Cutting Through the Froth. London and New York: Routledge, 2025. 112-133.
  3. ‘India and the US-China Great Power Rivalry: Navigating between the BRI and the FOIP’ in Lai-Ha Chan and Pak K. Lee (eds.). China-US Great-Power Rivalry: The Competitive Dynamics of Order-Building in the Indo-Pacific. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. 91-109.
  4. ‘The Indo-Tibetan Border Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal’, in Milan Vaishnav (ed.) Institutional Roots of India’s Security Policy (New York: Oxford University Press, 2024). 177-198.
  5. (with Constantino Xavier) (Eds).How China Engages South Asia: Themes, Partners and Tools (New Delhi: Centre for Social and Economic Progress, 2023).
  6. ‘The Implications for India of a Successful Chinese Invasion of Taiwan’, in David Santoro and Ralph Costa (eds.). The World After Taiwan’s Fall, Pacific Forum, Issues & Insights, Vol. 23, SR 2, February 2023. 51-60.
  7. ‘Patterns of China’s BRI Ingress in South Asia: Implications for Regional Order’, David M. Arase and Pedro Miguel Amakasu (eds.). The Belt and Road Initiative in Asia, Africa, and Europe (London and New York: Routledge, 2023). 78-89.
  8. ‘The Sino-Indian Rivalry in South Asia: The BRI and the New Cold Wars’, in Bhumitra Chakma and Xiudian Dai (eds.). The Belt and Road Initiative and the Politics of Connectivity: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the 21st Century (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022). 129-144.
  9. ‘Building Institutional Linkages with India: A Roadmap for Taiwan’, in Alan Hao Yang and Sana Hashmi (eds). Taiwan and India: Strategizing the Relations. Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, Research Series No. 6, February 2022. 42-49.
  10. ‘China’s Belt and Road Initiative in South Asia: Unique Characteristics and General Framework’, in Jonathan Fulton (ed.). Regions in the Belt and Road Initiative (London and New York: Routledge, 2020). 36-53.
  11. ‘Political Considerations in the Chinese Leadership’s Economic Assessments’, in Jabin T. Jacob and Hoang The Anh (eds). China’s Search for ‘National Rejuvenation’: Domestic and Foreign Policies under Xi Jinping (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). 63-75.
  12. (with Hoang The Anh) (Eds). China’s Search for ‘National Rejuvenation’: Domestic and Foreign Policies under Xi Jinping (Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).
  13. ‘Arunachal Pradesh in India-China Relations: Trends in Chinese Behaviour and their Implications’, in M. Mayilvaganan, Nasima Khatoon and Sourina Bej (eds). Tawang, Monpas and Tibetan Buddhism in Transition: Life and Society along the India-China Borderland (Singapore: Springer, 2020). 153-162.
  14. ‘China, India, and Asian Connectivity: India’s View’, in Kanti Bajpai, Selina Ho and Manjari Chatterjee Miller (eds). Routledge Handbook of China-India Relations (London and New York: Routledge, 2020). 315-332.
  15. ‘The “Regional” Approach in Xi Jinping’s Governance Strategy’ in Manoranjan Mohanty (ed.). China at a Turning Point: Perspectives after the 19th Party Congress (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2019). 180-192.

  1. ‘How China Uses Discourse to Erode US Dominance’, Global Asia. Vol.21, No.2, June 2026.
  2. ‘Rethinking India’s Relations with China: Looking Beyond Tactical Stabilisation and Structural Competition to Sustainable Outcomes’, Stepwell Centre for Asian Futures Policy Paper, Ahmedabad University, 26 May 2026.
  3. ‘India in Africa: From Deliverables to Purpose’, in Pamla. Gopaul and Veda Vaidyanathan. Eds. The Africa–India Blueprint for Growth, New Delhi: Centre for Social and Economic Progress, 9 February 2026. 27–31.
  4. ‘Is Regional Cooperation Possible Without Bilateral Cooperation?’ International Affairs: Politics, Economics, Law, December 2025. 11-20.
  5. ‘India-China Border Tensions Are Likely to Continue’, The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Research Report, 10 April 2025.
  6. (with Japneet Kaur and Devendra Kumar), ‘Beyond the Military Prism: China’s Development Objectives in Xiaokang Villages in Tibet Autonomous Region’, Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Occasional Paper, No. 4, February 2025.
  7. ‘Xi Jinping, Not The PLA: A Simpler Explanation for India-China Tensions’, Both Watches, Indian Naval Despatch, Vol. 5 No. 2024. 1. 5-9.
  8. (with Anand P. Krishnan) ‘This Election Season, What Do Indian Political Parties Say About China?’, The India Forum, 24 May 2024.
  9. ‘China’s Undeclared Competition with India in Regional and Global Institutions’, The Hot Peace between China and India, Institut Montaigne, China Trends #19, April 2024. 17-22.
  10. ‘Sri Lanka’s Economic Crisis: The Chinese Model in Operation’, E-IR, 5 April 2022. https://www.e-ir.info/2022/04/05/sri-lankas-economic-crisis-the-chinese-model-in-operation/
  11. (with Roger C. Liu) ‘Returning to the Indian Ocean: Maritime Opportunities Arising from Taiwan’s New Ties with Somaliland’, National Maritime Foundation, 22 July 2020. https://maritimeindia.org/taiwan_somaliland/
  12. ‘Reorienting India’s China policy towards greater transparency’, Raisina Debates, Observer Research Foundation, 17 June 2020. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/reorienting-indias-china-policy-towards-greater-transparency-67996/
  13. ‘India-China Relations Post-COVID-19’, China-India Brief #159, Centre on Asia and Globalisation, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, 14-26 May 2020. https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/cag/publications/details/china-india-brief-159
  14. ‘Let the Quad Die: Towards Greater Indian Leadership in the Indo-Pacific’, National Maritime Foundation, 17 July 2019. http://www.maritimeindia.org/View Profile/636989259686368476.pdf
  15. ‘China in the Middle East: Expanding Political Clout and Maritime Space’, National Maritime Foundation, 10 May 2019. http://www.maritimeindia.org/View Profile/636930582888021530.pdf
  16. China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its implications for India’, Investigating Infrastructure: Ecology, Sustainability and Society, Heinrich-Bill-Stiftung, 25 February 2019. https://in.boell.org/2019/02/25/chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-and-its-implications-india
  17. ‘Domestic Political Space and Foreign Policy: What India Should Not Learn From China’, Values & Foreign Policy, 6 February 2019. http://www.foreignpolicy.org.in/home/index.php/2019/02/06/domestic-political-space-and-foreign-policy/
  18. ‘Political Crisis in Sri Lanka: China and the Maritime Dimension’, National Maritime Foundation, 1 February 2019. http://maritimeindia.org/View Profile/636845977769000724.pdf

  1. ‘China-Pak border move has India implications’, The Tribune, 29 September 2026. p.7.
  2. ‘China Compass | Beyond Brics bonhomie: China’s India strategy and the US factor’, Firstpost, 21 September 2026.
  3. (with Anand P. Krishnan) ‘ചൈനയുടെ തന്ത്രങ്ങൾ’ [China’s strategies], Mathrubhumi, 20 September 2026. p.8.
  4. ‘In India-China Thaw, Beijing’s signals for Washington’, The Indian Express, 19 September 2026. p.13. Published online as ‘Behind the Xi-Modi thaw, a larger US-China game’.
  5. (with Suyash Desai) ‘Gen Zhao’s purge is about consolidation of Xi's power’, The Tribune, 12 September 2026. p.11.
  6. ‘Why the Mecca pact poses questions for China’, The Tribune, 8 September 2026. p.7.
  7. ‘Xi has the measure of Trump’, The Tribune, 20 May 2026. p.8
  8. ‘Big power diplomacy on display in Beijing’, Hindustan Times, 18 May 2026. p.12.
  9. ‘Donald Trump in China, Beijing in control’, Deccan Herald, 14 May 2026.
  10. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘Why China is building villages near LAC’, The Tribune, 22 April. p.9.
  11. (with Hari Yadav), ‘ಇರಾನ್ ದೇಶದ ಮೇಲಿ ನ ಆಕ್ರಮಣ ಮತ್ತು ಚೀನಾ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರದ ಮೇಲಾಗುವ ಅದರ ಪರಿಣಾಮಗಳು’ (The Invasion of Iran and its Consequences for the Chinese State), Vikrama (ವಿಕ್ರಮ), 5 April 2026. 25-26. 
  12. ‘ایران پر حملہ: چین کی حکمتِ عملی اور عالمی مضمرات’ (Attack on Iran: China’s Strategy and Global Implications), Inquilab, 21 March 2026. p.9
  13. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘Purges in China’s PLA and Xi’s tightening grip’, Hindustan Times, 17 March 2026. 
  14. ‘What US wars mean for China's military ambition’, The Tribune, 9 March 2026.
  15. ‘Dealing with India’s China Challenge’, Guest Editor’s Introduction, India’s World, Vol. 2, Issue 3. 11 March 2026. pp.6-9.
  16. ‘In Iran, China’s strategic advantage meets strategic vulnerability’, Deccan Herald, 6 March 2026.
  17. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘China’s anti-corruption machine tightens its grip’, The Tribune, 29 January.
  18. ‘Russia, China and the Uneasy Terms of Authoritarian Coexistence’, India’s World, Vol. 2, Issue 1, January 2026. pp.17-19.
  19. ‘چین اور امریکہ کے مابین مسابقت اور مماثلت’ (Competition and Similarities between China and America), Inquilab, 18 November 2025. p.9
  20. ‘China’s Global Initiatives: Preparing for the Collapse of International Institutions’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 6, Nov-Dec 2025. pp.92-95.
  21. ‘Trump-Xi meeting: Washington-Beijing rivalry is more than a tale of rise and decline’, The Indian Express, 31 October 2025.
  22. ‘Above All, Look after Yourself: Conflict Mediation with Chinese Characteristics’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 5, (15 September) Sept-Oct 2025. pp. 58-60.
  23. (with Anand P. Krishnan) ‘അക്കരപ്പച്ചയോ ചൈന’ (Is the grass greener in China?), Mathrubhumi, 4 September 2025. p.4.
  24. (with Anand P. Krishnan) ‘ശ്രമം ഇന്ത്യയെ അമേരിക്കൻ വിരുദ്ധ മുഖമാക്കാൻ; തിരിച്ചറിയണം യഥാർഥ വെല്ലുവിളി; ചൈനയെ ചാരുന്നേയുള്ളൂ ചായുന്നില്ല’, Malayala Manorama, 2 September 2025.
  25. ‘India-China thaw — real progress or an impression of progress?’, Deccan Herald, 23 August 2025.
  26. ‘India’s China policy at a crossroads’, The Tribune, 19 August 2025.
  27. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘Why India must rethink its Tibet policy’, The Indian Express, 7 August 2025.
  28. ‘China’s new trilaterals reshaping regional balance in South Asia’, Deccan Herald, 20 July 2025. p. 14
  29. ‘China’s ‘National Rejuvenation’ v/s MAGA’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 4, July/August 2025. pp. 105-107.
  30. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘Delhi’s multilateralism plank needs tweaking’, Hindustan Times, 3 July 2025. p. 14.
  31. ‘China and an American Pope in Rome’, Deccan Herald, 17 May 2025.
  32. (with Anand P. Krishnan) ‘ചൈനയും, പുതിയ മാര്‍പാപ്പയും’, 24News, 16 May 2025.
  33. ‘The Moving Needle of China’s Wolf Warrior Diplomacy’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 3, May-June 2025.
  34. ‘China’s calculated neutrality on Pahalgam’, The Tribune, 1 May 2025.
  35. ‘In trade war with the US, China’s strong language hides its frailties’, The Indian Express, 1 May 2025. p.14.
  36. ‘India-China Relations at 75: An Uncertain Thaw’, Hindustan Times, 20 April 2025. p. 12.
  37. ‘“Dragon-elephant tango” sounds good, but India must not drop its guard’, Deccan Herald, 8 April 2025.
  38. ‘Greater cooperative federalism in India a must to push economic thaw with China’, Deccan Herald, 13 March 2025.
  39. ‘Harmony means hierarchy: Lifting the veil on China’s global community rhetoric’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 2, March-April 2025.
  40. (with Chisako T. Masuo) ‘Ishiba-Trump meet a diplomatic win for Japan’, Deccan Herald, 24 February 2025.
  41. ‘Vikram Misri’s Beijing visit underlines India’s limited options’, Deccan Herald, 4 February 2025.
  42. ‘For China, Age is More than a Number’, India’s World, Vol. 1, Issue 1, January-February 2025.
  43. ‘On India-China ties, Delhi takes one step forward, two steps back’, The Indian Express, 21 December 2024. p.11.
  44. ‘Path to normalisation of India-China ties not easy’, Deccan Herald, 26 October 2024.
  45. ‘India-China agreement is welcome — but we don’t know enough’, The Indian Express, 23 October 2024. p.11.
  46. ‘There’s more to the “Tibet border” speech than geopolitics’, Deccan Herald, 9 August 2024.
  47. ‘Creative political and economic policies will give India greater leeway with China’, Deccan Herald, 28 June 2024.
  48. ‘There is an evident confusion in India’s economic policy towards China’, Deccan Herald, 27 June 2024.
  49. ‘Hard foreign policy choices await the next Indian government’, 360info, 24 May 2024.
  50. ‘چین کیخلاف آسیان کے دفاعی عزائم اور ہندوستان’ (ASEAN’s defence ambitions against China and India), Inquilab, 24 May 2024. p.7.
  51. ‘How India should read Prabowo Subianto’s China visit’, Deccan Herald, 14 May 2024.
  52. ‘India can’t afford to ignore China challenge’, Deccan Herald, 11 April 2024. p.6.
  53. ‘How China Perceives the World and India: Reading Li Qiang’s Government Work Report’, NatStrat, 3 April 2024.
  54. ‘Time for India to be proactive on China’, Deccan Herald, 23 March 2024. p.9
  55. ‘بحر ہند   میں ہند-چین کی مسابقہ آرائی اور مالدیپ کا قضیہ’ (Sino-Indian Competition in the Indian Ocean: The Case of the Maldives), Inquilab, 19 March 2024. p.9.
  56. ‘China and India’s intense contest for influence’, The Diplomat, 18 March 2024.
  57. ‘Decoding China’s economy — Part II’, Deccan Herald, 15 March 2024.
  58. (with Devendra Kumar), ‘Making sense of China’s anti-corruption agenda’, Hindustan Times, 14 March 2024. p.14.
  59. ‘Decoding China’s economy — Part I’, Deccan Herald, 14 March 2024.
  60. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘When an admiral gets to helm China’s PLA’, Hindustan Times, 6 February 2024. p.12.
  61. (with Anand Parappadi Krishnan) ‘തായ്‌വാൻ രാഷ്ട്രപതി  തെരഞ്ഞെടുപ്പിന്റെ ദിശാസൂചിക’ (What Taiwan’s election results portend), 24 News, 22 January 2024.
  62. ‘Taiwan defies China through the ballot. India must bite the bullet on its security concerns’, Deccan Herald, 19 January 2024.
  63. ‘The threats in Xi Jinping’s “civilisational” claims’, Deccan Herald, 15 January 2024.
  64. ‘Can a polarised India deter China?’, Deccan Herald, 28 November 2023.
  65. ‘US continues to get China wrong’, Deccan Herald, 15 November 2023.
  66. ‘Economic policy with Chinese characteristics’, Hindustan Times, 7 November 2023.
  67. ‘India is not stepping up to the challenge of countering China’, Deccan Herald, 23 October 2023.
  68. (with Devendra Kumar) ‘How to read the churn in Chinese politics’, Hindustan Times, 20 September 2023. p.16.
  69. ‘Xi Jinping skipping G20 Summit says a lot about how China sees India’, Deccan Herald, 7 September 2023.
  70. ‘When a Chinese scholar asked Pakistan to learn from India’, Deccan Herald, 16 August 2023.
  71. ‘How to interpret China’s imaginary consensus with India’, Deccan Herald, 31 July 2023.
  72. ‘New Delhi’s approach to multilateral ties needs clarity’, Mint, 27 June 2023. p.13.
  73. ‘US has a golden chance to bet big on India’s China policy’, 360, 21 June 2023.
  74. ‘China is in no mood to match US’s desire for dialogue’, Deccan Herald, 20 June 2023.
  75. ‘Central Asia needs greater attention from Indian policymakers’, Deccan Herald, 2 June 2023.
  76. ‘India’s inaction is encouraging China’s bad behaviour’, Deccan Herald, 4 May 2023.
  77. ‘Border management more than just domestic politics’, The New Indian Express, 18 April 2023. p.8.
  78. ‘India’s tepid response to China’s renaming in Arunachal Pradesh ignores larger consequences’, Deccan Herald, 12 April 2023.
  79. (with Anand Parappadi Krishnan) ‘യുദ്ധം അവസാനിക്കാൻ ഒരിക്കലും ആഗ്രഹിക്കില്ല; കൊതിക്കണ്ണോടെ ചൈന: ഇന്ത്യയ്ക്ക് അസ്വസ്ഥത’.
  80. ‘Power play in Moscow: What China hopes to gain from Xi’s meeting with Putin’, 21 March 2023.
  81. ‘China’s Global Security Initiative is a smokescreen’, Deccan Herald, 20 March 2023.
  82. (with Anand Parappadi Krishnan) ‘ചൈനയുടെ ആഗോള സുരക്ഷ സംരംഭം: ലോകത്തിന്റെ ആവശ്യങ്ങളേക്കാൾ, ചൈനയുടെ സ്വന്തം ആഗ്രഹങ്ങൾ’, 24 News, 16 March 2023.
  83. ‘Iran-Saudi Arabia Deal: China is here for self-interest, propaganda’, Deccan Herald, 13 March 2023.
  84. ‘Lesson for India from China’s balloon war’, Deccan Herald, 27 February 2023.
  85. ‘Spy balloons and China’s narrative war against America’s superpower status’.
  86. ‘India needs to rethink its China strategy at LAC’, Deccan Herald, 8 February 2023.
  87. ‘Flare-up at Tawang marks shortcomings of India’s China diplomacy’, The Indian Express, 13 December 2022.
  88. ‘China Protests: The party-state can’t be underestimated — neither can the Chinese people’, 1 December 2022.
  89. “‘High Winds, Choppy Waters, Even Dangerous Storms’: Understanding Chinese Foreign Policy Under Xi”, The Wire, 15 November 2022.
  90. ‘The US and China at the G20 Summit: Competition Will Dominate’, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network, 14 November 2022.
  91. ‘Xi Jinping rules the roost but the path ahead is fraught’, Moneycontrol, 2 November 2022.
  92. ‘A Third Term For Xi Jinping Holds Little Assurance For India’, BQ Prime, 22 October 2022.
  93. ‘The Communist Party of China is spotting threats everywhere’, Mint, 21 October 2022. p.14
  94. ‘ദേശീയവികാരമിളക്കി ചൈനീസ് കമ്യൂണിസ്റ്റ് പാർട്ടി; ചുവന്ന മതിലിലെ ചുവരെഴുത്ത്’, Malayala Manorama, 17 October 2022. p.8.
  95. ‘China: Regime interests will dominate meet’, The Times of India, 16 October 2022. p.20.
  96. (with Anand Parappadi Krishnan) ‘എല്ലാം നയിക്കുന്ന പാർട്ടി; ചൈനീസ് പാർട്ടി കോൺഗ്രസിന് കൊടിയേറുമ്പോൾ’, 24 News, 15 October 2022.
  97. ‘CPC Congress: Party wants Chinese to strive for global hegemony’, Moneycontrol, 15 October 2022.
  98. ‘What national interests has India achieved by abstaining at UNHRC vote on Xinjiang?’, Moneycontrol, 14 October 2022.
  99. ‘Xi Jinping’s Congress: What are the implications for China, the world, and India?’, The Indian Express, 24 October 2022. p.14.
  100. ‘Why factional politics might no longer matter in China’, 9DashLine, 6 October 2022.
  101. ‘Samarkand SCO: Significance of the Modi-Xi non-meeting’, Moneycontrol, 19 September 2022.
  102. ‘A litany of economic woes but in China politics rules’, 9DashLine, 24 August 2022.
  103. (with Chisako T. Masuo) ‘China-Taiwan crisis: Implications and options for Japan’, India Today, 9 August 2022.
  104. ‘Lessons for India from Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit’, Moneycontrol, 4 August 2022.
  105. ‘Two Years After Border Clashes, India Still Lacks a Coherent China Policy’, World Politics Review, 13 July 2022.
  106. ‘The new cold war will be fiercer’, Telangana Today, 25 May 2022. p.6.
  107. ‘Wang Yi In India: No substantial outcome, but China has exploited the visit to its advantage’, Moneycontrol, 29 March 2022.
  108. ‘Wang Yi in India: Whither India’s muscular foreign policy?’ Moneycontrol, 25 March 2022.
  109. ‘Sino-Russia Ties: Intimacy can breed complications’, Moneycontrol, 3 March 2022.
  110. ‘How Russia-Ukraine crisis works in China’s favour’, Moneycontrol, 1 March 2022.
  111. ‘India must beware of China’s reassurances’, Moneycontrol, 15 February 2022.
  112. ‘India’s China policy in 2021 has been a failure’, Moneycontrol, 30 December 2021. 
  113. ‘In China, it is always politics that drives the economy’, The Week, 7 November  2021.
  114. ‘Is New Delhi finally calling out Beijing for its bad behaviour?’ Moneycontrol, 20 October 2021.
  115. ‘India and the BRICS: Confused Signalling on China’, 9DashLine, 6 October 2021.
  116. ‘Does China really have the upper hand in Afghanistan?’, Moneycontrol, 1 September 2021.
  117. ‘Xi Jinping in Tibet — Part 2: Implications for India’, Moneycontrol, 29 July 2021.
  118. ‘Xi Jinping in Tibet — Part 1: China’s quest for greater control’, Moneycontrol, 27 July 2021.
  119. ‘An Expert Explains: Triumph of the Party-state’, The Indian Express, 6 July 2021.
  120. ‘India’s vaccine diplomacy failure and its foreign policy implications’, Moneycontrol, 19 May 2021.
  121. ‘India’s Foreign Policy Strategy Is Increasingly Resembling That of China’, The Wire, 30 March 2021.
  122. ‘China’s vaccine diplomacy bears closer watching’, Moneycontrol, 23 March 2021.
  123. ‘India must no longer wait for China to change its behaviour’, Moneycontrol, 27 January 2021.
  124. ‘How China might tackle the Biden presidency’, The Hindu, 26 January 2021.
  125. ‘Two missteps in Joe Biden’s China agenda that require repair’, Moneycontrol, 8 January 2021.
  126. ‘China in the post-COVID19 era — How will the CCP tackle its image problem?’, Raisina Debates, Observer Research Foundation, 28 December 2020. 
  127. ‘Chinese communists in India: Why it is a cause of concern’, India Today, 25 December 2020.
  128. ‘Recalibrating India’s Foreign Policy in South Asia: The China Factor’, Manorama Yearbook 2021. 824-826.
  129. ‘India-China Relations: A New Normal of Competition and Conflict’, The China Story, 12 November 2020.
  130. ‘不再忍讓——印中關係新常態’, 蘋果日報 (Apple Daily, Taiwan), 31 October 2020.
  131. ‘दुरूह चोटियों पर पूरे साल सैनिक रहेंगे, यह न्यू नॉर्मल’, दैनिकभास्कर, 19 September 2020. 
  132. ‘LAC Stand-off: Let’s not talk to China for the sake of talking’, Moneycontrol, 15 September 2020.
  133. ‘With China Breathing Down Its Neck, What Has India Won and Lost in Iran?’, News18, 21 August 2020.
  134. ‘Crisis with China is an Opportunity to Rethink India’s Economic Policies’, TimesNowNews.com, 19 August 2020.
  135. ‘Why Indian Foreign Policy Cannot Succeed Without Foreign Languages’, The Quint, 11 August 2020.
  136.  ‘Anxiety in China stems from the CPC’s insecurity’, The Indian Express, 8 July 2020.
  137. ‘Three cold wars involving China are dragging India into conflicts it is not ready for’, The Print, 29 June 2020.
  138. ‘Needed: Clearer communication on the Galwan face-off’, Moneycontrol, 25 June 2020.
  139. ‘What Explains China’s LAC Violence? Why Do They Like “Bullying”?’, The Quint, 22 June 2020.
  140. ‘Looking Beyond China: Strengthening Bilateral Relationships in the Quad’, International Affairs Review, 9 June 2020.
  141. ‘A Chinese elephant in the India-Nepal room’, Moneycontrol, 27 May 2020.
  142. ‘Why a post-COVID-19 global order led by China is only a distant threat’, Moneycontrol, 9 May 2020.
  143. ‘A China-led world offers a dystopian future’, Moneycontrol, 2 May 2020.
  144. ‘Covid-19 pandemic: China’s propaganda machinery is in full swing’, Moneycontrol, 23 March 2020.
  145. ‘How Will Indian Economy Survive Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic?’, The Quint, 12 March 2020.
  146. ‘Coronavirus: An epidemic of incompetence and insecurity’, Moneycontrol, 10 February 2020.
  147. ‘Taiwan shows how to check Chinese influence’, Moneycontrol, 21 January 2020.
  148. ‘With the Rajapaksas back in power in Sri Lanka, how will the China factor play out?’, Moneycontrol, 18 December 2019.
  149. ‘Replacing dogma with more dogma’, Moneycontrol, 27 November 2019.
  150. ‘India, RCEP and the China spectre’, Moneycontrol, 18 November 2019.
  151. ‘Informal dialogues cannot resolve structural problems between India and China’, Moneycontrol, 11 October 2019.
  152. ‘China’s foreign policy outreach in India’s neighbourhood’, Moneycontrol, 1 October 2019. 
  153. ‘Reading between Chinese lines’, Moneycontrol, 13 September 2019.
  154. ‘China’s hollow rhetoric on ‘good’ ties with India exposed’, Moneycontrol, 3 September 2019.
  155. ‘J&K Reorganisation: China’s reactions and its implications’, Moneycontrol, 9 August 2019.
  156. ‘India-China ties: LAC transgressions will continue’, Moneycontrol, 16 July 2019.
  157. ‘What Does China Expect from Modi 2.0?’, The Wire, 15 June 2019.
  158. ‘India must create and lead a new regional grouping to replace Quad’, Moneycontrol.com, 12 June 2019.
  159. ‘BJP manifesto draws a blank on national security, China’, Moneycontrol.com, 7 May 2019.
  160. ‘The Crippling Cost of India’s Victory in Getting China to Blacklist Masood Azhar’, News18.com, 6 May 2019.
  161. ‘China’s 2nd Belt and Road Forum: Continuing Doubts’, International Affairs Review, 1 May 2019.
  162. ‘Congress manifesto falls short on national security, China’, Moneycontrol.com, 1 May 2019.
  163. ‘China's views on India’s elections are hopelessly inaccurate’, Moneycontrol.com, 17 April 2019.
  164. ‘On terrorism India is inconsistent with China’, Moneycontrol.com, 15 March 2019.
  165. ‘What to Make of China’s Reaction to India’s Balakot Attack’, Moneycontrol.com, 5 March 2019.
  166. ‘Pulwama Attack: Let’s Not Give China More Space in Pakistan’, Moneycontrol.com, 18 February 2019.
  167. ‘Domestic Political Space and Foreign Policy: What India Should Not Learn From China’, Values & Foreign Policy, 6 February 2019.
  168. ‘India has an opportunity as China tries to boost its economy’, Moneycontrol.com, 15 January 2019.

  1. “China Factor in India’s Approach to the Pacific Islands”, China and the South Pacific: Beijing’s New Maritime Strategy and Its Influences, Center for Contemporary China Studies / Center for Japan and Korea Studies, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, 12 September 2026.
  2. ‘Countering Gray-Zone Coercion and Constructing a New Framework for Indo-Pacific Regional Joint Defense’, 2026 Ketagalan Forum: Indo-Pacific Security Dialogue, 4 August 2026.
  3. ‘Sino-Indian tectonics in the Global South’, 39th Asia-Pacific Roundtable, Institute of Strategic & International Studies, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1 July 2026. 
  4. ‘The Geopolitics of Heritage: Buddhism, Education & Public Diplomacy’, Decoding Geopolitics: China in South Asia, Bodhi Sambad, Centre for Social Innovation and Foreign Policy, Kathmandu, Nepal, 19 June 2026.
  5. ‘US-China Relations: The View from Beijing’, Central Department of International Relations and Diplomacy, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 17 June 2026.
  6. ‘How China-India relations shape the global (dis)order in the era of geopolitics’, Navigating a Three-Body World: China, India, and the EU in the Global Order, closed-door expert workshop, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin, 12 May 2026.
  7. ‘Sagar to Mahasagar: China in the Way’, 16th South Asia Conference on Sagar to Mahasagar: Strategic and Developmental Partnerships, Manohar Parikkar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 25 February 2026.
  8. ‘Understanding the Communist Party of China: Command, Control, Chaos’, Tibetology Course, Eastern Command, Indian Army, 20 February 2026.
  9. ‘TAR in Chinese Foreign Policy: China’s Strategic Calculus and the Implications for India’, School of International Cooperation, Security and Strategic Languages, Rashtriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 17 November 2025.
  10. ‘Not India’s Ocean: Ideology and Hierarchy in China’s Presence in the Indian Ocean’, Asian Futures Dialogue, Stepwell Centre for Asian Futures, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, 6 November 2025.
  11. ‘China’s Engagement in South Asia’, Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru, 17 October 2025.
  12. ‘India-China Relations since 2020: Mistrust & Engagement in a World in Flux’, NMIMS Kirit P Mehta School of Law, Mumbai, 11 October 2025.
  13. ‘Power, Trade & the Global Order’, Webinar, Mint, 25 September 2025.
  14. ‘SCO Summit and New Rapprochement in India-China Relations’, Jindal Global University International Academy, Hotel Taj Mahal, New Delhi, 18 September 2025.
  15. ‘China's Rise: Historical, Political & Strategic Dimensions’, 38th NHCC, Naval War College, Goa, 22 August 2025.
  16. ‘China-Pakistan Relations in the “New Tianxia” System’, Tianxia System in the New Era: Limits to China-Pakistan All-Weather Relations, 7 August 2025, India International Centre, New Delhi.
  17. ‘China’s Emergence in the Global Order’, 49th HACC, College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad, 29 July 2025.
  18. ‘China’s Views of IR’, 52nd Refresher Course in Political Sciences and International Relations, Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), Jawaharlal Nehru University, 22 July 2025. (online)
  19. ‘India and China in an Uncertain World: Signaling Cooperation but Engaged in Competition’, Distinguished Lecture, Centre for East Asian Studies, Department of International Studies, Political Science and History, Christ University, Bengaluru, 21 July 2025.
  20. ‘Chinese Discourse on US-China Relations’, 4th Strategic Dialogue on Rise of China and its Implications for the World, Centre for China Analysis and Strategy, New Delhi, at Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, 16 April 2025.
  21. 'India-China Cooperation in an Age of Global Flux', Marking the End of the Centenary Celebration of Rabindranath Tagore’s Visit to China in 1924, Cheena Bhavana, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, 2 April 2025.
  22. ‘Interpreting Chinese Foreign Policy towards South Asia’, China Capable Public Sector, New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, 27 February 2025 (online).
  23. ‘How China Builds Influence in South Asia, China in South Asia’, organized by Department of International Relations, South Asian University and the South and South East Asia Security Research Centre, Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies, University of Buckingham, UK, 26 February 2025. (online)
  24. ‘China’s Global South Engagement’, SCA China Watchers Workshop, US Embassy Colombo, Sri Lanka, 13 February 2025.
  25. ‘How Will India Respond to Trump 2.0?’, Centre for Social and Economic Progress, 16 January 2025.

  1. Editorial Board, China Report, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi (since April 2025)
  2. Editorial Board, Journal of Contemporary Politics, Bangalore University, Karnataka (since July 2022).
  3. Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi (since April 2022).
  4. International Advisory Board, International Politics, (since 2021)
  5. Visiting Faculty, Naval War College, Goa (since June 2020).
  6. Editorial Board, Maritime Affairs: Journal of the National Maritime Foundation of India, New Delhi (since December 2018).
  7. Editorial Board, Review for Indian and Asian Studies, Institute for Indian and Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Hanoi, Vietnam (since July 2016).