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.

Sino-Indian Trade: Smoothening the Rough Edges

The composition of the Indian delegation to the ongoing Strategic Economic Dialogue is suggestive that issues such as telecom, water, infrastructural development and railways are being discussed on a priority basis.

R N Das
September 27, 2011
IDSA Comments

India and the South China Seas: The Need for a Second Look

There is no point in acting with bravado when we do not have the necessary military capacity to take on the Chinese in the South China Seas.

R. S. Kalha
September 23, 2011
IDSA Comments

PREPARING FOR A CHINESE ‘COLD START’

China’s employment of a considerable force including Special Forces to cut off the limited axis of maintenance along with tactics of infiltration over a wide frontage would leave India at the receiving end.

Virander Kumar
September 13, 2011
IDSA Comments

Challenges Before Noda Yoshihiko

If Noda falters, Japan’s importance in the global community would be considerably diminished and it will be left with the role of a marginal power

Rajaram Panda
September 06, 2011
Issue Brief

RoK’s Jeju Island Naval Base

The Jeju naval base is intended to serve two objectives: to protect the country from possible missile attacks from North Korea and to allow the United States to station Aegis class destroyers.

Rajaram Panda
September 01, 2011
Issue Brief

The Reunification of the Two Koreas: Diplomatic Factors

In a multi-polar international order and in view of Asia’s growing economy, understanding the PRC and India would be an ongoing task for the ROK in its diplomatic efforts towards reunification.

Jiye Kim
August 24, 2011
IDSA Comments

Japan-South Korea Spat over Takeshima/Dokdo

If allowed to fester, the territorial dispute between Japan and South Korea will have serious repercussions for East Asian security.

Diversion of the Brahmaputra: Myth or Reality?

Lower riparian countries must develop sound strategies to bring China to the negotiating table with a view to stopping it from further damming or diverting the waters of the Brahmaputra or any other river originating in Tibet and flowing into South Asia.

Hari Bansh Jha
August 09, 2011
IDSA Comments

Unrest in Xinjiang

It remains to be seen how far China is able to manage the challenges of providing space for religious and cultural freedom while enabling equitable economic development for all ethnic groups.

Rukmani Gupta
August 09, 2011
IDSA Comments

India-RoK Ties in the Wake of President Patil’s Visit

The significance of the India-RoK nuclear deal lies in the fact that it allows India to tap into ROK’s nuclear expertise and it takes the pressure off the India-Japan nuclear deal.