East Asia

About Centre

The East Asia Centre is dedicated to study and research the domestic and foreign policies of individual countries of the region as well as India’s multifaceted relationships with these countries. With respect to China, the Centre’s research foci are its foreign policy (particularly towards the US, Russia, Central Asia and Asia Pacific), domestic politics, economy, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and India’s relationship with China in all its dimensions. The Centre’s research also focuses on Taiwan, its domestic politics, Sino-Taiwanese relationship and Indo-Taiwanese relationship, Hong Kong and India-Hong Kong relations. Japan and Korea are the other major focus of the Centre, with its research focused on their domestic politics, foreign policy and comprehensive bilateral relationships with India. The geopolitics of the Asia Pacific and the Korean peninsula are also studied in the Centre.

The centre brings out five monthly newsletters: East Asia Military Monitor, Japan Digest, China Science and Technology, Korea Newsletter, and China Military Digest.

Indonesia in India’s Look East Policy

Political, economic and strategic factors in the post-Cold War period call for expanded co-operation between India and Indonesia.

Baladas Ghoshal
January 20, 2011
Issue Brief

India and Indonesia — on the Cusp of a New Relationship

How India and Indonesia look at each other, the region and the world at large will determine the course of their relationship in coming years.

Sudhir T. Devare
January 20, 2011
IDSA Comments

The Gates Mission: Re-contextualising US alliances in East Asia

Gates has steered Japan and South Korea towards aligning their shared threat perceptions about North Korea and China.

Preeti Nalwa
January 18, 2011
IDSA Comments

Inter-Korea Dialogue versus Japan-South Korea Military Engagement

North Korea’s offer of a dialogue is unlikely to elicit a positive response from South Korea which instead is militarily drawing closer to Japan to enhance deterrence.

Rajaram Panda
January 14, 2011
IDSA Comments

Wen Jiabao’s India visit: A Strategic Review

The success of the visit was limited to strengthening links of economic diplomacy between the two Asian giants, ignoring the geo-political and strategic issues that act as de-stabilisers in Sino-Indian relations.

Jagannath P. Panda , R N Das , Priyanka Pandit , Vidya Krishnamurty
January 07, 2011
Issue Brief

China’s ‘all-weather friendship’ with Pakistan: Implications for India

If the achievements of Premier Wen’s visit to India were more pronounced in terms of economic content, his visit to Pakistan was more characterised by political and strategic significance.

R N Das
January 04, 2011
IDSA Comments

South Korea’s show of force and designation of the North as ‘Enemy’

Soon after naming the North Korean regime as its “enemy”, South Korea has, quite abruptly, invoked the desirability of reverting to the Six-Party Talks.

Preeti Nalwa
January 04, 2011
IDSA Comments

India’s Season of Summits

The world needs India as a balancer – in trade, as a market, as an alternative model, and as a world power.

Sujit Dutta
December 30, 2010
IDSA Comments

India-China Relations: It’s the economy, and no one’s stupid

This Brief uses irony to communicate five propositions, that can be found in several discourses on Sino-Indian ties. It evaluates these propositions in the light of the tangible and intangible gains from Premier Wen Jiabao’s second official visit to India.

Power, Interdependence and China’s Rare Earth Moment

The conflict over rare earths is not only a consequence of the monopoly amassed by China but is also reflective of the current flux in global power hierarchies.