Expert conversation with Manoj Kewalramani

On September 30, 2025, MERICS held an expert conversation with its Senior Associate Fellow Manoj Kewalramani. As the prolific publisher of a daily newsletter analyzing the “People’s Daily”, the Chinese Communist Party’s flagship state media outlet, Manoj is a leading scholar of political developments in Beijing. In his role as chairperson of the Indo-Pacific Studies Programme at India’s Takshashila Institution, he also covers China’s international footprint and the increasingly contentious great power competition on the global stage. 

Manoj is the author of "Smokeless War: China’s Quest for Geopolitical Dominance" and has published extensively on China-India relations.