TransHimalaya
Journal Editions
TransHimalaya is published quarterly. Read the inaugural edition below, online or as a PDF. Past editions will be added here as each new edition is published.
Current edition
Tibet
Ideas, policy and perspectives on Tibet, the Himalaya and Inner Asia
The first issue opens with a foreword by Amb. Shyam Saran and an editor’s note by Prof. Srikanth Kondapalli, and gathers essays across history, Tibet today, Tibet beyond borders, the India–Tibet–PRC strategic triangle and regional and global perspectives — closing with an interview with Sikyong Penpa Tsering, youth voices, and the Dreshey visuals-and-data section.
- Vol. 1 No. 1
- 12 Sections
- September 2026
In this edition
Opening
Foreword — Shyam Saran
Editor’s Note — Srikanth Kondapalli
Strategic Foresight — Wangpo Tethong
In Focus — History & Foundations
India–Tibet Cultural Relations and its Legacies — Jampa Samten
Tibet Was Never Part of China — Hon-Shiang Lau
The McMohan-Shatra Line — Claude Arpi
Why Tibet Matters — Srikanth Kondapalli
In Focus — Inside Tibet Today
The Dalai Lama Institution in a Global Context — Kate Saunders
Tibet Under Watch: China’s Digital Repression — Tenzin Dalha
The Political Economy of Tibet Under the PRC — Gabriel Lafitte
The Plateau’s Quiet Revolt: Geography, Identity, and the Elusive Quest to ‘Close’ Tibet — Sriparna Pathak
What the Fire Knew — Bhuchung D. Sonam
In Focus — Tibet Beyond Borders
Tibetan Political Philosophy in an Age of Power Asymmetry — Rinzin Namgyal
Beyong Exile Governance: The Strategic Evolution of the Central Tibetan Administration — Bhuchung K. Tsering
Monlam’s Role in Preserving Tibetan Language in the Digital Space — Tenzin Thinley
Tenshug Offering: Ritual as Action for the Tibet Cause — Jyotsna Roy
The Strategic Triangle — India, Tibet and the PRC
India after the 14th Dalai Lama: A Strategic Appraisal — Anil Wadhwa
High Stakes on the Himalayan Frontier — Vinod Bhatia
Regional & Global Perspectives
Nepal’s Strategic Reality Outlasts its Political Upheaval — Biswas Baral
Living between Giants: Lessons from Bhutan’s Strategic Experience — Tenzin Lamsang
Why East Turkistan/“Xinjiang” Matters to India — Dolkun Isa
Cultural Erasure: Southern Mongolia and China’s Assimilation Strategy — Enghebatu Togochog
In Conversation with Leaders
Dreshey — Visuals & Data
From the Archives — The 1913 Proclamation of the XIII Dalai Lama; the 1992 PRC White Paper
Book Review: Jia Luo, Social Structuration in Tibetan Society — reviewed by Rinzin Namgyal
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