President Jokowi hosted the Indian Ocean Rim Association's Leaders' Summit in March 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia entitled "Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean". This event was significant in t...
As the global demand for smartphones increases, the sources of some rare components in them are becoming exhausted. The question arises, how will phones of the future be built? The smooth running of almost every piece of technology we use i...
The race to outer space started during the Cold War when both the superpowers-the US and erstwhile USSR saw space as a territory to expand their power and establish a hegemony in. Over the years, many countries have established space progra...
The question of ASEAN centrality and its relevance in the international security as well as addressing regional security concerns has been heavily highlighted. ASEAN has accepted that as the Indo-Pacific is a new formation, it needs to be g...
The phrase 'Enemy's enemy is your friend' is very relevant in international politics and has been used as a tool to further one's (a country) interest. The same is true for Iran and Venezuela, whose relationship has been invigorated in past...
In the past decade, Bangladesh has emerged as an important player in China's political expansion strategy. Military cooperation between the two states in form of arms supply and construction of military infrastructure has increased in past ...
On 4th November 2019, the US, Japan, and Australia jointly announced the Blue Dot Network (BDN) at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Thailand during the 35th ASEAN Summit. This initiative seeks to employ a multi-stakeholder approach to pro...
On September 10, Maldives and the United States of America signed the 'Framework for the U.S. Department of Defence-Maldives Ministry of Defence: Defence and Security Relationship" in Philadelphia, USA. Signed by Minister of Defence, Mariya...
On July 2020, the Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. The Act was approved by both the Philippines’ Senate and House of Representatives in February and June 2020 respectively. This new legislation w...
Papua New Guinea is an island country in the South-Western Pacific Ocean and is a part of Oceania. The country has around 600 islands, with its capital located at Port Moresby. It is just 100 miles away from the Australian mainland, but the...
In the document titled ‘Germany – Europe – Asia: shaping the 21st century together’( 72 pages document)outlined the new role that Germany envisaged for the European union. The country is the European Union (EU) chair and also one of th...
The end of Cold War led to emergence of new countries in the international realm and with it, there was a rise in the trans-national security challenges. These security challenges have continued to threaten the world order and are common fo...
