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.

Hatoyama Battles to Wrest Control Power from the Bureaucrats

With Hatoyama’s determination to wrest policymaking power from bureaucrats in full swing, Japan is likely to witness an intense battle between the political masters and the powerful bureaucrats for supremacy.

Rajaram Panda
March 02, 2010
IDSA Comments

Hurdles Ahead for Japan as the APEC Chair

With APEC accounting for half the world’s global economic output and 44 per cent of its trade value, Japan’s role in creating a region wide free-trade zone and developing a strategy for economic growth of the Asia Pacific is expected to be decisive for the world economy.

Pranamita Baruah
February 25, 2010
IDSA Comments

Tension in the Korean Peninsula escalates again

The delicately maintained peace in the Korean peninsula once again looks fragile in the wake of the war of words and exchange of artillery fire along the disputed western sea border in January 2010.

Rajaram Panda
February 15, 2010
IDSA Comments

The Ozawa Phenomena in Japanese Politics

Ozawa’s clout, power and influence remain formidable and he is likely to remain an active player in Japanese politics.

Rajaram Panda
February 10, 2010
IDSA Comments

China’s Missile Defence Test: Yet Another Milestone?

China’s missile defence test could possibly up the ante in the region, with other regional powers considering measures in reaction.

Are Google and Chinese Communist Party Incompatible?

There is a contradiction between the CCP methodology which is based on loyalty to the authoritarian ideology and the information age which recognizes the importance of the individual as a critical entity.

Gunjan Singh
January 28, 2010
IDSA Comments

Hiccups in Sino-US Relations over Arms Sales to Taiwan

The military dialogue seems likely to remain suspended over the arms sales issue; discord over Iran’s nuclear issue may increase and more war of words may define the relationships between the two countries.

Rajaram Panda
January 25, 2010
Issue Brief

Japan mulls granting right to franchise to permanent foreign residents

To gain the trust of Seoul and Beijing, the DPJ government plans to present a bill in the Diet for granting the right of franchise to foreign nationals registered as permanent residents, a majority of whom are South Korean and Chinese.

Shamshad A. Khan
January 21, 2010
IDSA Comments

Convergence of Strategic Interests between India and Japan

The Joint Statement catapulted India-Japan strategic and global partnership to a “New Stage” in which the bilateral relationship is going to be deepened on all fronts, embracing regional, global and economic issues.

Rajaram Panda
January 07, 2010
IDSA Comments

Dynamics of Indo-Myanmar Economic Ties

Clearly, there is immense scope for cooperation between India and Myanmar to deal in agro-based products, floriculture, engineering, timber and tobacco and expand business cooperation. Although there has been a significant increase in bilateral trade in recent years, full potential has yet to be realised.