Vijay Gokhale
@VGokhale59
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China Watcher, Non-Res Senior Fellow @CarnegieIndia; teaching Symbiosis Pune, Author of 4 books. latest book: Crosswinds: (Jan 2024); ex-diplomat
Joined January 2020
My piece in today’s Times of India on re-thinking how we look at China.
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Illuminating read from @kyleichan on the cultivation of interlocking technologies that led to China’s domination of EV industry. Interesting illustrative chart. Written in Jan 2025 but very relevant.
high-capacity.com
EVs, batteries, lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI. China's progress across a range of overlapping industries creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop.
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Good piece on China’s neighbourhood diplomacy by @KarunaNandkumar Explains how PRC leverages its provincial economies to bind neighbours in hub-and-spoke arrangements.
strategicspace.nbr.org
In April 2025, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) held the Central Conference on Work Relating to the Periphery. The PRC’s diplomacy under Xi Jinping has prioritized its neighborhood, following the...
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RT @tallstories: “#IndiaChina relations are in a state of uneasy equilibrium. They will remain in armed co-existence until mistrust goes, f….
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Insightful interview by @MattooShashank of @elyratner on India, the US, QUAD and the challenge of dealing with China.
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Ratner argued that India should allow more foreign military to operate in and around the country to boost interoperability with key partners
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My paper on this topic published by @Carnegie India in December 2024 May be accessed here:
Statement Affirming the Continuation of the Institution of Dalai Lama. (Translated from the original Tibetan). On 24 September 2011, at a meeting of the heads of Tibetan spiritual traditions, I made a statement to fellow Tibetans in and outside Tibet, followers of Tibetan
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Latest edition of ‘The Long Game -How Chinese Negotiate with India’ has NEW chapter on Galwan. In bookstores only. Check on masthead for ‘With New Chapter on Galwan Crisis’. Analyzes PRC motives in east Ladakh in 2020 and goals, strategy,tactics in negotiating with India. 
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An important read if accurate. China is testing economic sanctions in low-key way to judge how India reacts. Bears very close watching.
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My conversation with @nitingokhale on China including negotiations after Galwan crisis. A new chapter about it is in latest edition of The Long Game.
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My short piece in yesterday’s Times of India on China’s new White Paper on National Security. Highlights are primacy accorded regime security, and importance of cross-linkages between development and national security.
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My piece in today’s New Indian Express on the situation in Taiwan strait and why that matters to India.
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That the world is going through turbulent times is not in doubt. Rising geo-political risks have increased the cost to national security and development. As the
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Rand’s @howardgwang must-read report on CCP’s methods for political messaging. Breaks down how coded phrases convey policy in party-state system, ensure alignment and is test of loyalty to leader. Important insights in understanding CCP when sources of info shrinking. 1/2.
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Essays by three up and coming Indian scholars on China by @am_i_t_kumar @Suyash_Desai and @aadilbrar are worth reading.
Carnegie India's latest compendium brings together three essays by young Indian scholars who participated in Carnegie India's #SecurityStudiesDialogue 2024. With an introduction by @VGokhale59, each chapter examines a different aspect of China’s policies. Read the full
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A thoughtful assessment by @clary_co of the balance of power between India and China in terms of whether India has balanced adequately.
In the last couple of years I've become increasingly worried India is not doing enough to deter China and to prepare to defeat China in a war if deterrence fails. I present my concerns in a new journal article out today in the Journal of Strategic Studies.
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Good perspective on China’s ban on rare earths exports and implications for it, in thread by @pranaykotas.
China’s dominance in critical minerals is not the geopolitical masterstroke it is made out to be. #thread.
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Beijing holds first diplomatic conference focusing specifically on neighborhood since 2013. Trump Administration policy is impacting China’s policy. Report by @SCMPNews
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In latest sign of renewed focus on neighbourhood, Chinese leader says region will strengthen bonds by ‘appropriately’ managing differences.
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Mao Keji, Chinese scholar, on India. See Q.10. Says India’s rise could change world order, but sceptical. Says Trump unlikely to align with India fully, hence India needs China. Ch. scholarship reluctant to admit big changes underway.
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Exclusive Interview with Up-and-Coming NDRC Analyst Mao Keji (毛克疾)
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RT @ShivshankaMenon: Delighted to see my Lowy Institute paper published as a Penguin Special @PenguinBooks. Available March 18. https://t.c….
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