Strategic, Security, and Technological Dimensions of China’s Rise and the Implications for India

This is an invitation-only event

In April 2026, the University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), in partnership with the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), will conduct a two-day training program in New Delhi focused on the geo-strategic, national security, and technological dimensions of China’s rise as a global innovation and industrial power and the implications for India. The program is supported by the U.S. Department of State and will bring together a curated cohort of Indian participants from academia, think tanks, government-affiliated institutions, and defense and technology policy
communities.

Led by IGCC director Tai Ming Cheung, a professor at UC San Diego’s Global Policy and Strategy, the training will examine China’s evolving techno-security state, including the political and institutional foundations of Chinese military power, the structure of China’s science and technology ecosystem, military-civil fusion (MCF), defense industrial development, strategic competition, and the implications of U.S.–China technological rivalry for India. Sessions will combine lecture-based instruction with extensive participant discussion and roundtable engagement.

To learn more about this event, contact Marie Thiveos Stewart at: mthiveos@ucsd.edu.