Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) or the rechristened Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) represents a regional situation of flux, with tariff wars and decoupling of technology taking place amidst mega trade agreements defining the Asia Pacific’s changing geo...
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Japan and Indonesia’s 2+2 dialogue reached another high point when the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries came together to sign the much-awaited arms trade agreement facilitating exchange and operability in the region. Japan follows a stringent defence export policy, exchanging tec...
Creating small groups of allied to reap benefits, is not a new phenomenon in the geopolitical arena. Indo-Pacific has emerged as the engine of future global development and the race to dominate the region is difficult. The Quad consisting of US, India, Australia and Japan – is one of the strongest...
Turkey’s economy is at an all-time staggering low with its currency Lira below $7.60 and a per capita income of barely $8900. The country is suffering from a double-digit inflation and high unemployment rates due to the sharp impact of the coronavirus pandemic. It is amidst all this, that Turkey...
India and Japan are adjusting their policies according to the changes in the greater Indo-Pacific, with the new geopolitical scenario in which China emerges as the primary source of threat for both the nations. India and Japan, both looking forward to expand cooperation against this discordant neigh...
The issue of persistent China policy in the United States has been of eternal contestation, many scholars attribute the lack of coherent policy towards China mainly to endless election that takes place in every four years that allows a new personality to enter in the White house along with the new U...
The Indonesian submarine incident flashed the headlines as the KRI Nanggala 402 that sank off the coast of Bali on April 21 was found in pieces on the seabed. It went from a sub-miss to a sub-sunk phase and soon became a mission failed leading to critical reverberations in Indonesia. KRI Nangga...
India entered the month of June with a virtual meeting between the Foreign Ministers of the BRICS nations. Attended by the Brazilian Foreign Minister Carlos Alberto Franco, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar , China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and...