GAUTAM BAMBAWALE

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GAUTAM BAMBAWALE

Ambassador (Retd) Gautam Bambawale is an Adjunct Fellow at Institute of Chinese Studies. He was a member of the Indian Foreign Service from 1984 to 2018. He was India’s Ambassador to Bhutan, Pakistan and China. Bambawale was stationed in Washington DC in 2004-07 during the Indo-US nuclear deal which transformed ties between the two countries. He has been India’s first Consul General in Guangzhou (China) 2007-09. He was Director of the Indian Cultural Centre, Berlin 1994-98. Ambassador Bambawale worked in the Prime Minister’s Office 2002-04. At the Ministry of External Affairs he was Joint Secretary for East Asia from 2009-2014. Bambawale has dealt with China for 15 years of his 34 year diplomatic career.
 
Ambassador Bambawale is currently Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Symbiosis International University, Pune.



China does not want to mend fences with India
31 Mar 2022

We need to give some thought to how we can raise the economic costs to China for their military action in Eastern Ladakh. It may produce short term pain in India

Why India must Keep China’s overtures at mending fences at Bay
22 Mar 2022

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi is expected to visit New Delhi shortly. This is being seen by some as an overture by the Chinese to rebuild fences with India.

New law doesn’t stop China from violating other’s territory
26 Oct 2021

China's legislature, the National People's Congress, adopted a new Land Borders Law of the People's Republic of China

Xi is taking China away from its proven success path
30 Sep 2021

The National Day of the People’s Republic of China celebrated today is an apt occasion to ponder as well as analyse some

Xi’s dream undoes Deng’s
30 Sep 2021

The National Day of the People’s Republic of China celebrated today is an apt occasion to ponder as well as analyse some important, recent domestic developments in our northern neighbour.

India, China pull out of Gogra
06 Aug 2021

Even though the two sides have agreed on disengagement of troops at Gogra, India and China need still need to come to an agreement over some other contentious areas

The rise and rise of the communist party of China
12 Jul 2021

On July 1, the Communist Party of China (CPC) turned 100, an occasion that was celebrated on a grand scale across the length and breadth

Checkmate and Stalemate
21 Jun 2021

It has been a year since 20 Indian soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice at Galwan, East Ladakh, to safeguard India's territorial integrity from Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)

Long view from Ladakh: Galwan’s lesson is that India needs allies against China. Three kinds of alliances are possible
15 Jun 2021

It has been a year since the incident at Galwan, eastern Ladakh where 20 Indian soldiers made the ultimate sacrifice, by laying down their lives, to protect India’s territorial integrity.

South China Morning Post (Китай): Индия и Россия сложили 2 и 2, и это должно послужить сигналом для США и Китая
01 May 2021

По словам экспертов, принятое Индией и Россией решение провести встречу министров обороны и иностранных дел этих

A message for US and China as India and Russia put two and two together
30 Apr 2021

A meeting of the Indian and Russian foreign and defence ministers has a purpose beyond clearing up bilateral misunderstandings, experts say

Nga-Ấn Độ thiết lập cơ chế Đối thoại “2+2”, gửi thông điệp ngầm đến Mỹ và Trung Quốc
30 Apr 2021

VOV.VN - Chuyên gia Kupriyanov nhấn mạnh, Đối thoại 2+2 có thể coi là một công cụ hiệu quả để Nga và Ấn Độ giải quyết những hiểu lầm và hợp tác trong các lĩnh vực mà cả hai nước cùng quan tâm.

Should India change its policy toward China? | The Hindu In Focus Podcast
12 Apr 2021

ndia-China relations stand at a crossroads after the border crisis in 2020. Where do relations go from here, and how should India engage with China

How India can meet the China challenge
27 Mar 2021

The judicious use of self-reliance, grounded in self-confidence, where India engages with the world without insecurity, forms alliances, and leverages democracy

Experience

Current Positions

    • Adjunct Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies
    • Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Symbiosis International University, Pune

Past Positions

    • Indian Foreign Service from 1984 to 2018.He was India’s Ambassador to Bhutan, Pakistan and China. Bambawale was stationed in Washington DC in 2004-07.
    • India’s first Consul General in Guangzhou (China) 2007-09
    • Director of the Indian Cultural Centre, Berlin 1994-98

Education

    • Fergusson College, GIPE
    • The Bishop's School

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