ICS Analysis

According to a Xinhua report on 2 March, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security claimed that the attack was perpetrated by a Uyghur separatist group from Xinjiang and Abdurehim Kurban was identified as the leader of the group

India and the Republic of Korea (henceforth Korea) officially announced a bilateral strategic partnership in 2010.

The emerging trends in Chinese investments in Bangladesh need to be analysed in the context of Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) as a whole.

The elections in Nepal on 10 April 2008 that had led to the setting up of the Constituent Assembly, had mandated that a new constitution be drafted within two years.

Even as the debate on whether India and Japan are on the cusp of entering into a substantial strategic partnership goes on, the long wait appears to be over - almost - insofar as Indo-Japanese economic relations are concerned.

On 16 April, the Information Office of the State Council of People’s Republic of China released the 2013 Defense White Paper (WP) – the eighth since 1998, when it started publishing bi-annual reports.

Dissent and opposition on the Tibetan plateau has surfaced prominently from time to time since the late 1950s – but has taken a serious turn in the form of the ‘self-immolations’ since 2009.

The recent economic slowdown in China has evoked mixed reactions. Those who see China’s rise as a threat to the current order are relieved.

A close examination of the US-China dynamic would help the Indian discourse communities address the „power‟ factor in great power relationships from a variety of perspectives.

Chinese reactions/responses to India‟s testing of Agni-V have been multifaceted.

The ides of March in China saw the dismissal of Bo Xilai, Party Secretary of Chongqing, one of China’s four major city-level provinces.

India’s response to the ‘rise’ of China in the IOR could greatly benefit from the insights from International Relations (IR) theories of realism and social constructivism.