In his presentation, Dr. Anand described the failed negotiations between Beijing government and the Dalai Lama; the change of leadership in China; the advancing age of the Dalai Lama; and the democratization process in the exile. He also pointed out the desire of foreign powers to work with China due to its growing economic might, the unresolved border dispute between India and China, and other factors adding to the acuteness of the contested question of politics and geopolitics of Tibet. The lecture highlighted the key aspects of the contested Tibet question and analysed how changing dynamics of relations between China, India and the West are relevant and how these relations in turn get affected by the internal politics of Tibet. The lecture was recorded and can we seen at SASNET's Youtube channel. In 2015, Dibyesh Anand held a well-attended SASNET seminar on Kashmir.
SASNET/UPF seminar on India’s and China’s roles in Tibet
SASNET and the Association of Foreign Affairs in Lund (UPF) jointly organized a seminar on “Tibet as an (Inter)National Problem” – focusing on China’s and India’s respective roles in Tibet, on Wednesday 20 April 2016, at 19.00. The speaker was Dr. Dibyesh Anand, Associate Professor in International Relations and the Head of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster in London, UK. Venue: Café Athen, Sandgatan 2, Lund.