ICS In The Media

Anand P Krishnan

The precarious lives of Chinese delivery workers who keep the country running through ‘zero-Covid’

‘Stringent lockdowns in many Chinese cities – under the obsessive and inflexible “zero-Covid” strategy of the Communist Party of China – has resulted in an economic slowdown and citizens suffering‘

Scroll.in
21 May 2022

Shyam Saran

Xi Jinping’s Global Security Initiative

‘On April 21, at the annual Boao Forum for Asia, Chinese President Xi Jinping put forward a new Global Security Initiative (GSI). This is the political counterpart to the earlier Global Development Initiative (GDI)‘

Business Standard
17 May 2022

Shyam Saran

Ex Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran decodes Putin’s Victory Day Speech

‘Russian president Vladimir Putin defended his country's invasion of Ukraine on Victory Day in Russia - a day used to commemorate the victory over Nazi Germany after World War II.‘

NDTV
9 May 2022

Anurag Viswanath

What the Shanghainese are scared of: it’s not Covid- Although the first country to enter the pandemic could also be the last out get out of it

‘China’s President Xi Jinping, the man behind its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy, seeks an unprecedented third term later in 2022. But it is also a year that appears to be panning‘

The Times of India
4 May 2022

Anurag Viswanath

Why Chinese are more scared of lockdowns than the virus

‘China’s President Xi Jinping, the man behind its “dynamic zero-Covid” policy, seeks an unprecedented third term later in 2022. But it is also a year that appears‘

The Times of India
4 May 2022

Shyam Saran

India must make the most of the diplomatic attention it’s receiving

‘India has witnessed a flurry of diplomatic activity during the past week with a long line of ministers, senior military officers and diplomats from a number of countries‘

The Indian Express
2 May 2022

Ravi Bhoothalingam

The Martians Respond to Earth’s Geopolitics: A Science Fiction Allegory

‘Two hundred years earlier, the Martians had found that the water sources and canals on the surface of their planet had started drying up. But the Martian polity—divided by ethnicity, race and tribe‘

Outlook
30 Apr 2022

Hemant Adlakha

Russia-Ukraine Crisis: China’s Leaders look for ‘Opportunity’ amid Ukraine War

‘Myths are an essential part of all forms of human narrative. Myth-making, likewise, is central to all academic disciplines. Diplomacy or foreign policy as a field of study is no exception.‘

Indian Defence Review
28 Apr 2022

Sandip Mishra

Testing the Strength of India-Japan Relations

‘Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited India in March this year. In a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kishida raised the issue of Russia’s “aggression” with Ukraine.‘

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
26 Apr 2022

Shyam Saran

A ‘drop the pin’ event in Chinese politics

‘When the Communist Party of China (CPC) held its annual Central Economic Work Conference in December last year, the watchword was “stability”.‘

The Hindu
25 Apr 2022