Coterminous with the Institute, is the weekly Wednesday Seminar, which has been held uninterruptedly for the last four decades. The topics span an enormous range and attract students, experts, practitioners and laypersons alike. These seminars provide an opportunity for interested people to have access to informed discussions on various aspects of China and are ample evidence that the sections within India, which are interested in knowing and learning about China are widening and enlarging.
11 May 2022
Ananth Krishnan, Stanly Johny
The withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan has left a lasting impact on both Afghanistan’s future and on Asian geopolitics. It has also brought China into focus.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
04 May 2022
Amb. Gautam Bambawale, Lt. Gen. DS Hooda, Senior Colonel Zhou Bo, Mr. Sushant Singh
5 May 2022 marks the second anniversary of the current crisis in Eastern Ladakh, the deadliest such since 1962 and follows a series of such crises since 2013. On 5 May 2020, the first clash occurred resulting in injuries to several soldiers on both sides.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
27 Apr 2022
Nirupama Rao
Nirupama Rao’s book ‘The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China 1949 to 1962’ (Penguin Random House India, 2021) is a history of the diplomacy between India and China during a crucial period of their early nationhood.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
13 Apr 2022
Pankaj K Jha, Lucio Blanco Pitlo III, Surbhi Moudgil
China’s sweeping claims of sovereignty over extensive areas of the South China Sea (SCS) and non-adherence of the UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has far-reaching implications beyond the region.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
06 Apr 2022
Rajiv Bhatia, Veda Vaidyanathan, Renu Modi
India-Africa engagement can be better studied and appreciated if it is assessed in the larger context of the unfolding changes in Africa and the continent’s growing relations with the international community
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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30 Mar 2022
Muyang Zhang, Shenghao Zhu, Aravind Yelery
China’s journey in the global economy earned it the title of ‘unstoppable juggernaut’, but the growing discussions on China’s economic future indicate the extreme swings. This is evident especially in the aftermath
Venue: Zoom Webinar
16 Mar 2022
Avinash Anil Godbole
In May 2020, as the world was grappling with Covid, Xi Jinping made an announcement that China was going to focus on developing what he called a “dual circulation strategy”.
Venue: Zoom Webinar
09 Mar 2022
Hans M. Kristensen, Jayant Prasad
China’s nuclear arsenal is undergoing the most dramatic modernization since China first acquired nuclear weapons 57 years ago. In addition to increasing road-mobile ballistic missiles
Venue: Zoom Webinar
02 Mar 2022
David Arase
The rollout and development of BRI cooperation is seen as a dynamic process and is discussed in terms of five successive phases: 1) Rollout; 2) Routinization; 3) Community of Shared Destiny
Venue: Zoom Webinar
23 Feb 2022
Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, US Navy (Retd), Ms. Darshana M. Baruah, Dr. Collin Koh, Captain Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri, Indian Navy (Retd.)
The People's Liberation Army aspires to be a ‘world class’ military by 2049 in support of China's goal of becoming a global power. Within the PLA, the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN)
Venue: Zoom Webinar
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