Issue Brief

CHINA'S NO. 1 CENTRAL DOCUMENT

New Direction of Rural Development and Food Security

READING POLICY SIGNALS FROM PROVINCIAL TWO SESSIONS

Decoding Local Government Work Reports

HAINAN FREE TRADE PORT

An Experiment in Reform

CHINA AND INDIA IN ASEAN

Competing Strategies for Influence and Partnership

CHINA AND PRIVATE MILITARY COMPANIES

A Future Tool of PRC Statecraft?

CENSORSHIP AND CYBER-NATIONALISM IN CHINESE MEDIA

The Role of 'Little Pink'

INDIA'S NARRATIVE STRATEGY AFTER PAHALGAM

Towards a National Comprehensive Framework in the Age of Information Warfare

BEYOND THE SQUARE

36 Years of Memory and Silence After Tiananmen

21st CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AS ITS BUILDING BLOCK

Part 2

21st CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AS ITS BUILDING BLOCK

Part 1

BALANCING THE HIMALAYAN NEIGHBOURS: UNPACKING NEPAL’S PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF INDIA AND CHINA

This Issue Brief is based on public perception survey conducted by the author in Kathmandu, Nepal in January 2025

THE DRAGON'S REACH

Decoding China's Influence Operations in the Indian Ocean Region

CHINA'S STRATEGIC ENCROACHMENT IN INDIA'S NORTHEAST

Implications for New Delhi's Act East Policy

DEEPSEEK R1 AS CHINA’S AI PARADOX

Innovation in the Service of Control

China & Its National Psychology of ‘Shame & Humiliation’

THE COMMUNIST PARTY’S MODEL OF GOVERNANCE IN THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Evolving Paradigms and Perspectives

CHINA'S IMPERIAL DESIGN

The Drive from Trade and Debt Diplomacy

COMPOSITION AND ORIENTATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY MEMBERSHIP UNDER XI JINPING

CHINESE ROCKET FORCE STRATEGIES UNDER BMD SHIELD

Implications for India

CHINA'S MONOPOLY OVER LITHIUM'S UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM SUPPLY CHAIN

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MAO AND DENG’S ECONOMIC MODELS

Agricultural and Industrial Sector

CHINESE BILATERAL TIES AND BRICS

The Next Stage of the Chinese Dream?

FROM ONE TO THREE

The Quest for Balanced Demographics in China

RESHAPING SUPPLY CHAINS

Japan's Response to China Plus One Strategy

A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF MAO ZEDONG THOUGHT AND ITS MODERN DAY RELEVANCE

Examining the Helmsman's Legacy

FACTION POLITICS IN CHINA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 20TH PARTY CONGRESS

CHINA'S FOOD SECURITY STRATEGY IN THE NEW ERA

Policies and Challenges

AN ASSESSMENT OF 'TRIBUTE SYSTEM' STUDIES

Theories and Critiques

SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN POLICY AND THE ASIAN PARADOX

South Korea's Foreign Policy in Flux

INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS AND NEOLIBERAL INSTITUTIONALIST PERSPECTIVE

HUNGER WAR

China’s Food Security Amidst Russia-Ukraine Crisis

SECURITY ARCHITECTURES FOR MIDDLE POWERS

India-Japan-South Korea And The Maritime Domain

ANALYSING CHINA’S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA

India-China Nuclear Dynamics in Motion

BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

Relevance Beyond the Xi Jinping Regime

POLITICAL WILL VERSUS REQUISITE POLICY

Analysing Pakistan’s national security policy

THE INTELLIGENTISATION OF SOCIAL GOVERNANCE

The rise of the Chinese Surveillance State