By Annunthra Rangan, Senior Research Officer, C3S The two-day workshop on China’s Influence Operations in South Asia  was successfully conducted on February 9–10, 2026, bringing together students of media, journalism, and international relations for an intensive academic and simulation-based learning experience. The programme combined expert lectures, panel discussions, student paper presentations, and a live diplomatic simulation exercise titled The Diplomat , enabling participants to...

By Abia Fathima and Shilpa Susan John, Research Officers, C3S “ASEAN 3.0: Charting Economic Pathways in an Era of Adversarial Trade and Tariffs” was conducted on 4th of February, 2026, at CHRIST University, Bangalore. The one-day conference was organised to examine the evolving economic and strategic partnership between India and the ASEAN nations. Set against a global backdrop of protectionism and shifting trade dynamics, the event brought together diplomats, academics, and experts to...

By Dr. Adityanjee and Guncha Shandilya Image Courtesy: DRaS Introduction: China’s contemporary diplomatic posture can be traced back to Deng Xiaoping’s strategic counsel in the 1990s to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP): “Hide your strength and bide your time.”  Although Deng articulated this philosophy, it was his successor, the 3 rd  generation CCP/PLA Leader Jiang Zemin, who formalized this phrase in its widely recognized form. For over two decades, this pragmatic doctrine served as the...

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-known brands of the...