Prashant Kumar Singh

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s review of the book ‘All Roads Lead North: Nepal’s Turn to China’ by Amish Raj Mulmi, has been published in the September 2021, Volume 45, No. 9 of ‘The Book Review’ (pages 25-26).

• Published: 14 September, 2021

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant K. Singh’s Policy Brief ‘Surge in pro-Taiwan sentiments in India in 2020: Are there any indications for the future?’ has been published by the Northern England Policy Centre for the Asia Pacific (NEPCAP) at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), the United Kingdom.

This piece briefly discusses the surge in pro-Taiwan sentiments in India in 2020, and attempts to enumerate whether this surge gives any indication of the new decade being witness to the overcoming of old challenges in Taiwan’s relations with India.

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• Published: 24 March, 2021

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s article ‘COVID-19 and Taiwan’s Bid to Re-enter the WHA: Contexts and Implications,’ has been published in (Dong Ya Yan Jiu, East Asia Studies) 51, no.1 (June 2020): 1-48. (ISSN 1013-2546).

The article analyzes the impact of the world approbation Taiwan received for containing the outbreak in cross-Strait relations, Taiwan-US ties and Taiwan's pragmatic diplomacy with reference to its campaign to secure the invitation.

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• Published: 15 March, 2021

Associate Fellow Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s Chapter ‘Xi Jinping’s New China: A Challenge for India’ has been published in ‘Tailspin: The Politics of India-China Economic Relations’, ed. Aravind Yelery and Mridul Nile (New Delhi: KW Publishers, 2020), 37-65. ISBN 978-93-89137-84-2.

• Published: 11 January, 2021

On October 6, 2020, Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan (parliament) passed two important Resolutions, moved by the main opposition party, the Kuomintang (KMT). These sought to ensure ‘US military aid in combating aggression by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’ and ‘a resumption of diplomatic relations between the US and Taiwan.’1 The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supported the Resolutions. Such a bipartisan consensus is rare in Taiwan’s deeply divided politics.

• Published: January 2021
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Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s article ‘COVID 19: New Prospects for India-Taiwan Relations’, has been published by CSSAME Viewpoints, Issue 1, October 2020

Cooperation is a value. It needs to be strengthened for social progress. Basing India-Taiwan cooperation on the negative premise of countering China will serve no meaningful purpose, as such an exercise will invariably be taken over by strategic affairs commentators whereby substantial discussions on cooperation will be lost. Impractical geopolitical inspirations and justifications for cooperation merely satisfy strategic analysts’ vanity… Thus, this positive sentiment re-emphasizes that both India and Taiwan have enough common developmental space that they can cooperatively nurture. COVID-19 has given an opportune moment for the two democracies to explore new avenues for sustainable and mutually beneficial cooperation, particularly in the health sector, writes Dr. Singh.

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• Published: 26 October, 2020

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s article ‘Future of Taiwan-India relations’ has been published in Taipei Times on October 15, 2020.

The Indian government has been positive toward economic relations with Taiwan and a facilitatory framework is already in place. The present context might further help them take their economic relations to greater heights, doing away with any residual issues that these relations might still be confronting, writes Dr. Singh.

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• Published: 15 October, 2020

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s article, ‘India-DPRK Relations: New Delhi Keeping Channels of Communication Open with Pyongyang Regime,’ has been published in Strategic Vision 9, no. 46 (June 2020).

Strategic Vision (ISSN 2227-3646) is a joint publication of Taiwan Center for Security Studies (TCSS), Institute of International Relations (IIR) in National Chengchi University (NCCU), and the National Defense University (NDU), Taipei.

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• Published: 4 September, 2020

Associate Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Prashant Kumar Singh’s article ‘India-Taiwan ties need framework’ has been published in Taipei Times on August 01, 2020.

India needs to review its Taiwan policy to recognize changed geopolitical and geo-economic realities, and also for the confirmation of the autonomy of Taiwan’s democracy. Taiwan needs to review its India policy to shape what many perceive as its unrealistic and vague expectations, writes Dr. Singh.

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• Published: 1 August, 2020

The ruling DPP Government in Taiwan is likely to further build on the gains made in domestic politics and in ‘pragmatic diplomacy’ internationally, occasioned by COVID-19, without indulging in any geopolitical exuberance.

• Published: July 20, 2020
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