Jayadeva Ranade

He is Member of the National Security Advisory Board and President of the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy. He was formerly Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India.)

Contributions

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s Visit to Tibet was Important

September 17, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade

As anticipated, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) to participate in the celebrations to mark the 60th founding anniversary of the TAR. Due to security concerns, he did not visit Lhasa on September 9 – the actual...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, Xi Jinping, PLA, Tibet, Hydropower project, Tibet Military Region

China’s Intentions Towards India Have Not Changed

April 24, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade

While Chinese leaders are making statements that attempt to gloss over the developments of recent years and seek to convey that China is keen on normalising relations and that together the two can develop and grow their economies, the reality is quit...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, India, China, border issue, PLI, Tibet Military District, 75th anniversary, Civilizational power

The Issue of Dalai Lama’s Incarnation Has Gained a Higher Profile

March 25, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade

The issue of the Dalai Lama is attracting increased attention in recent months. Conscious of the 14th Dalai Lama’s advancing age, many in the Tibetan community in India and abroad are concerned about whether the succession will be smooth. There is ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Trump, CCP, Dalai Lama, reincarnation, Tibet

Xi Jinping Concerned About Weakening Political Ideology in PLA

March 05, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade

There are adequate signs that Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior echelons of the Chinese leadership are concerned at the levels of corruption in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and China’s defence industry. They are more worried at the wa...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, NPC, CMC, CCP, PLA, Xi Jinping thought, anti-corruption campaign, key minority, nationalization of military

China Preparing for Trouble in Tibet

January 21, 2025 Jayadeva Ranade

Apparently apprehensive about the possibility of sudden untoward developments in Tibet, the Chinese authorities have accelerated measures to ensure stability and consolidate China’s occupation and claims over Aksai Chin, Ladakh etc. China is also a...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Article, China, Dalai Lama, Tibet, Xinjiang

VIF Briefs

China’s New Central Military Commission

January 20, 2023 Jayadeva Ranade

China unveiled its new military leadership the day after the 20th Party Congress concluded on October 23. The composition of the new Central Military Commission (CMC), each of whose members is a hand-picked loyalist of Chinese President Xi Jinping, s...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Xi Jinping, CMC, PLA, Eastern Theatre Command, Military Commission

An assessment of the Second Plenum of China’s 13th National People’s Congress

April 30, 2019 Jayadeva Ranade

.. convened in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in the first fortnight of March 2019, the annual plenary sessions set the agenda for the year ahead and accorded formal approval of the entire 89 million-strong Chinese Communist Party to the pol...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, China, Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party, 13th National People’s Congress