By Sneha S.S Image Courtesy: Vox Abstract China’s growing influence in South Asia has sparked a significant debate about what kind of reflections it has on international relations. Beijing likes to showcase its moves as soft power, that is cultural festivals, scholarships and exchange programmes. But researchers and policymakers see something sharper, the strategies that twist and change information slowly change into local institutions. This paper aims to understand how Chi

By Abia Fathima, Research Officer, C3S Image Courtesy: The Economist Introduction The geopolitical architecture of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has entered a phase of profound structural transformation, marking the most significant shift in regional energy diplomacy since the conclusion of the Second World War. For eighty years, the regional order was defined by the foundational encounter between President Franklin D. Roosevelt and King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud aboard the USS

By Dharshini Renganathan, Research Intern, C3S Guided by, Mr. MR Sivaraman IAS (Retd), Distinguished Member, C3S Image Courtesy: Unsplash Abstract: This research aims to examine the recent development in the fast fashion industry in the background of unethical practises in the employment of labour which has tended to dominate the debates amongst consumers of fast fashion garments. The fast fashion goods are manufactured in China by Multi-National Companies owning well-know

By Yashita S, Research Intern, C3S Guided by Major General Rajiv Narayanan , Distinguished Member, C3S Image Courtesy: Scroll Abstract: Existing scholarly views on military transformation highly focus on quantitative comparisons of hardware such as aircrafts, ships, tanks or defence budgets. These studies provide valuable data on modernization but restrict them to arms and ammunitions, neglecting the importance of institutional reforms which focus on how lessons are absorbed

By Kirsten Wilfred Coelho, Research Intern, C3S Guided by Commodore R S Vasan, Director General, C3S Image Courtesy: SCMP Abstract: Undersea cables make up a key component of global internet communications, and the Chinese state has succeeded in expanding its global footprint via diplomatic measures involving this infrastructure. This approach comes under the Digital Silk Route programme and broader Belt and Road Initiative, and has come under the scrutiny of multiple countr

By Niyomi Jinasri, Research Intern, C3S Guided by Dr Ashik J. Bonofer, Distinguished Member, C3S Image courtesy: Medium Abstract: China’s future ambitions are reflected in its gigantic industrial complexes that have proliferated since the Reform and Opening Up. These structures are accompanied by the growth of large commercial spaces, symbolizing the government’s ability to turn massive migration into market growth. Since the early 2010s, the simultaneous rise of incomes and

Guided by Mr. Subramanyam Sridharan, Distinguished Member, C3S Image Courtesy: The China-MENA Newsletter Abstract: This paper explores...

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