Islamic militants and terror outbreaks have increased in the past decade. For instance, terrorist outbreaks began in north-east Nigeria in 2009, three years later in northern Mali. In addition, central Niger and Burkina Faso have also witne...
On 13 July 2021, the Japanese Ministry of Defence released the latest edition of its annual white paper, Defence of Japan 2021. The document describes a range of issues regarding Japan's security including China's growing military capabilit...
Initially, The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was the group of the six Eurasian countries that expanded with the inclusion of India and Pakistan in 2017. Constituted to resolve border disputes between the participant states, the or...
Estonia lies in north-eastern Europe, bordering Russia on the east, Latvia to the south, to its west lies the Baltic Sea. The nation with a population of just about 1.3 million first experienced cyber war in 2007. The cybersecurity crisis b...
Ukraine played an important role during the Cold War time. It continues to play a crucial order in the global security order, even though its presence is overlooked at times. But in the recent times, Ukraine has appeared in the forefront of...
On 17th February 2021, a coup d’état in Myanmar began on 1st February 2021, when democratically elected members of the country’s ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were deposed by the Tatmadaw- Myanmar’s Military- which ...
There hasn't remained a region untouched by the ongoing US-China rivalry. One region that has emerged as the main theatres of Sino-US rivalry is the region of southeast Asia, with the relentless rise of China and its adventurism in the Sout...
India and Vietnam will be holding their virtual summit between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the Prime Minister of Vietnam H.E Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21st and would take stock of the activities that they intend to do in n...
The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance signed by USSR & China in 1950 bound two states to assist each other militarily in case of an attack by Japan or any other state aiding Japan in aggression (Nandan and Uma, 2015). The...
On November 4th 2019, Thailand passed the baton of ASEAN leadership to Vietnam. Vietnam officially became part of the ASEAN community in 1995 and became its 7th member. It remained outside the grouping during the Cold War era, and the ASEAN...
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 ...
In recent times, the Indo-Pacific has become the largest geo-strategic cum political hotspot of the world. In terms of Cartographic Schematics, Indo-Pacific broadly covers the area between the western coast of the US and the eastern shores ...
