The Indian government recently enacted a number of app prohibitions in an effort to strengthen national security. These bans targeted well-known programmes that were considered significant threats, including TikTok, WeChat, CamScanner, and ...
A $2 billion worth deal between Vietnam and Russia in December 2009 led to six kilo-class submarines being inducted in the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN). Additionally, the deal includes training programs from the Vietnamese naval crew in Russ...
In February 2023, France, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced an ambitious new trilateral partnership aimed at collaborating on several areas, such as defence, technology, and energy. The foreign ministers of the three count...
India and the United States have a long history of cooperation in various fields, and the space sector is no exception. The two countries have been collaborating in space activities for several decades, and the partnership has grown signifi...
The United States National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, had invited his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, to the White House to "start the next milestone" in the US-India strategic technology and defence collaboration. Doval was in Washin...
The People's Republic of China did not participate in any discussion on the international trade in weapons until the beginning of the twenty-first century. However, today a number of Chinese arms companies, such as the Aviation Industry Cor...
Climate change will have the greatest impact on emerging countries, with impoverished populations being especially poorly struck and unable to adapt sufficiently. There is a chance for developing nations to take a complementary strategy, st...
India and the United States of America (USA) due to their shared value interests and the convergence of policies have led to their bilateral engagement being termed a “global strategic partnership”. In the past few years, India’s emphasis o...
In September 2021, China applied to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement among 11 countries. It was the country's first attempt to join a major trade pact since the US exited the project four years earlier. Although Ch...
The rising debt levels in South Asian countries are concerning and can trigger a debt crisis in the region. The countries Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar are facing sovereign debt crises. Sri Lanka is a country that had faced d...
In 2012, Thailand proposed an initiative for sustainable development of the Lancang-Mekong Sub-region. This initiative was welcomed by China. In 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 17th China-ASEAN Summit proposed the establishment of t...
The 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper presented Australia with bilateral security cooperation, free trade, and transnational ties. It made clear that globalization has created a world with more interdependence. However, these connections were...
