The deadliest suicide bombings in Sri Lanka’s recent history occurred one year ago on Easter Sunday shocking the island nation and the governments around the world. In the space of half an hour from 8:4...
Climate change and severe weather events is causing environmental catastrophe in the South Pacific region. The region as a whole has experienced innumerable changes in weather patterns that have posed fundamental threats to lives and l...
Even when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was forced to announce a state of emergency on April 7 to contain the spread of novel coronavirus from assuming the proportion of threat never seen in Japan’s history, Barak Kushner, Professor of East A...
South Asia’s largest nation, India, a regional superpower gradually moving towards being a world power is already pushing for greater maritime security engagement, with its southern island neighbors Sri Lanka and the Maldives under its â€...
As citizens around the world are advised to stay indoors to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the North Korean government seems to be taking a different approach towards social distancing. The month of March, 2020 saw an alarming...
China has blocked a proposed meeting in the United Nations Security Council to discuss on the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). It argued that Covid-19 crisis is not linked to global security. But President Donald Trump recently had a wor...
The Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has thrown the eight South Asian countries into turmoil. As many as 5200 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far across the regio...
With an ever-changing international environment, the very concept of security has been slowly evolving and though there have been drastic advancements in the field of military and technology over the last century, today, the pace has expone...
India and France conducted coordinated maritime surveillance patrols in late March 2020. Indian Navy P-8I Poseidon aircraft flew from Reunion islands with French navy personnel on board, and conducted surveillance sorties. It is expected th...
by Dr. Vo Xuan Vinh Having a look at the timeline of ASEAN activities in 2020, there are a lot of events will be held. As the Chairman of ASEAN, Vietnam would be hosting more than 300 meetings this year. Some other events are schedule...
President Donald Trump visit India from February 24-25, 2020 for a visit to show its resolve towards India as a strategic partner and a high value defence market with the status of ‘major defense partner’. There have been a number of ar...
Separated by the narrow Palk Strait, India and Sri Lanka have a rich history of ethnic, religious cultural and economic collaboration. Furthermore, a shared maritime boundary has also made these neighbors realise their strategic maritime am...
