Originally published by Gatestone Institute
Commentary
Opinion
Opinion
China’s Renaming Spree: Will the World Just Surrender to Silent, Obdurate Infiltration?
In this handout photo grabbed from video provided by the Philippine Coast Guard/Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (PCG/BFAR), a Chinese Coast Guard ship, left, uses water cannon and sideswipped a Philippine fisheries vessel on a research mission near one of three sandbars called Sandy Cay in the disputed South China Sea on May 21, 2025. PCG/BFAR via AP
Rahul Mishra
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Dr. Rahul Mishra is associate professor at the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, JNU, New Delhi, and a senior research fellow at the German-Southeast Asian Center of Excellence for Public Policy and Good Governance, Thammasat University, Thailand. He specialises in politico-security affairs of the Indo-Pacific region, and the role of major and middle powers, especially in the context of China's rise and the emergence of minilaterals in the region. He also lectures on government, politics, and ethnic dynamics of Southeast and East Asian region, ASEAN-EU regionalism, and comparative regionalism.
