ICS In The Media

Shyam Saran

2022 will Determine Xi’s Political Future

‘The 20th congress of the Communist party of China is slated to be held towards the latter part of this year.‘

Rediff
3 Jan 2022

Sandip Mishra

Between the US and China: Japan’s Layered Balancing Act under Kishida

‘On 24 December 2021, after procrastinating for more than a month, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Hirokazu Matsuno finally announced his country’s decision to not send a government‘

Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
30 Dec 2021

Shyam Saran

Communal virus runs riot

‘The three-day hate fest against the Muslim community, held at Haridwar recently, is only the latest in a series of intemperate and vulgar attacks against minorities‘

The Tribune
29 Dec 2021

Shyam Saran

Coping with democratic slide

‘The US President, Joe Biden, hosted a Summit for Democracy last week in the virtual mode. The summit will kick off a whole year of action for the promotion of democracy‘

The Tribune
15 Dec 2021

Shyam Saran

A new road map for Xi’s political future

‘The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is slated to be held towards the latter part of next year. The Congress will decide whether President Xi Jinping‘

Business Standard
14 Dec 2021

Srikanth Kondapalli

China has taken the arms race to a different level

‘China recently demonstrated an “assassin’s mace” weapon that has the US and Russia worried, for different reasons. For the US, China’s flight test of a manoeuvrable hypersonic glide‘

Deccan Herald
4 Dec 2021

Srikanth Kondapalli

Amid signs of Cold War 2.0, China ups ante to be recognised as world’s pre-eminent power

‘The seemingly uneventful Joe Biden-Xi Jinping meeting last fortnight exposed the two diametrically opposite positions, raising concerns on increasing destabilising portends‘

First Post
1 Dec 2021

M V Rappai

The Chinese Communist Party’s ambitious agenda

‘It may be a mere coincidence that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) delegation at the United Nation’s Climate Summit in Glasgow, agreed to work more‘

Hindustan Times
29 Nov 2021

Anurag Viswanath

China: Sex, censorship, videos & gender – What Peng Shuai case tells us about the state of women and treatment of MeToo victims in the country

‘China’s MeToo scandal involving a high-ranking Communist Party official Zhang Gaoli (former vice-premier) and tennis star Peng Shuai has taken the world by storm.‘

The Times Of India
24 Nov 2021

Shyam Saran

Nehru was way ahead of his time. Seeing him through a 20/20 lens is wrong

‘The 132nd birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was observed on 14 November. I say “observed” because it was not celebrated as it should have been.‘

The Print
17 Nov 2021