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Jayaprakash Narayan, domestic dissent and the unfolding of the Tibet crisis in Sino-Indian relations 1959-1961 / Sirkar, Tisyaketu

Sirkar, Tisyaketu	Journal Article
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The historical origins of the Tibet issue in Sino-Indian relations remain understudied. Most diplomatic histories on this subject focus on the highest levels of government, glossing over the immense role of domestic actors in shaping the Tibet question in the India-China relationship. This paper aims to address this gap by studying the domestic response to Dalai Lama’s flight to India. Specifically, it analyses the domestic and international advocacy of the noted freedom fighter Jayaprakash Narayan. The paper highlights how Narayan’s advocacy was critical in building global and public opinion on the Tibet question, culminating in the passage of Resolution 1723 at the United Nations. It argues that understanding his actions on Tibet is critical because of its negative impact on the Indian government’s policy of preventing the issue from gaining international recognition – a gesture aimed at steadying the declining relationship with China. By hindering the government’s efforts at damage control, the paper demonstrates how Jayaprakash Narayan’s advocacy was a key factor explaining why Sino-Indian ties precipitously declined over the Tibet issue.

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Sino-Indian relations ; Tibet Crisis ; Jayaprakash Narayan ; 1959-1961

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Space diplomacy? India’s new regional policy under Modi and the “South Asia Satellite / Stroikos, Dimitrios

Stroikos, Dimitrios	Journal Article
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India’s space program has for long been seen as an underexploited source of its foreign policy and diplomacy. However, there are grounds to support that this has changed under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reflected in his proposal for the “South Asia Satellite” as India’s “gift” to its neighboring countries in line with his “neighborhood first” policy. A number of scholars and the media have celebrated the launch of the satellite as an important step toward regional integration and cooperation in South Asia through space diplomacy. Setting the South Asia Satellite in the context of India’s regional policy, this article explains why the utilization of space technology as an instrument of India’s foreign policy may be accelerating now mainly as a response to China’s growing economic and political impact on the region, which also involves the establishment of closer space ties between China and India’s neighbors.

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space diplomacy ; South Asia Satellite ; India’s new regional policy

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