ICS Working papers

Confucian principles have been an immutable part of Chinese society, the process of their integration and propagation resulting in the establishment of social legitimacy over time. Max Weber considered Confucianism as one of the major world religions

Since the late 1970s, the Chinese economy grew at exceptionally high rates. Today, however, the prospects are bleak: Real estate in China is probably highly overvalued and a correction of price levels overdue.

For long a marginal sphere in geopolitics, South Asia is now witnessing the beginnings of a rivalry that are altering the strategic landscape of the region.

The considerable similarity in the growth paths of the Chinese and Indian economies since their respective reforms has changed after the 2008 crisis.

2020 has seen the worst Sino-Indian fracas in decades, highlighting the urgency with which India needs to overhaul its strategy for dealing with border incidents as well as its military orientation.

When confronted with disasters, governments and peoples from different countries suffer alike-no matter how divergent their cultures, ideologies, and sociopolitical systems. In this way, the government has actively demonstrated the nation’s international citizenship and common interests with other..

Policy choices made by a country help decipher continuities and discontinuities in foreign policy making. The choices made in foreign policy making reveal the imprint of domestic political agendas and institutional arrangements that manage foreign policy.

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the latest findings on challenges of an ageing and elderly population in China with emphasis on the city of Shanghai

This paper seeks to address the Indian government’s engagement with its diaspora in comparison to the Chinese government’s engagement with its diaspora.

This paper seeks to look at China's aspirations of becoming a "strong Internet power" and the various laws, policies and plans that it has put in place to support this and its engagement with the ASEAN region.

This paper seeks to address three interrelated issues : realtionship between Track II and Track I levels of engagement, potentialities of sub-regional groupings and India's concer for OBOR from the standpoint of the of the BCIM initiative.

The paper is a report of the 11th Interethnic/Interfaith Leadership (IIL) Conference was held from 28th April 2016 till 1st May 2016 in Dharamshala, India.