Chinese president Xi Jinping has not left the country for 21 months now. Xi’s last visit outside the country was in Mayanmar on 17th January 2020, it was just days before ordering the lockdown of Wuhan. There have been growing concerns rega...
As the COP came to an end, there have been divergent views on what the conference achieved. The situation of climate change has been becoming alarming day by day with scientists around the world warning about rising climate and the frequenc...
Singapore as a small country in the world but in global ranking of soft power, this country has gained high position in comparison to other smaller countries. So, what are the main characteristics of Singapore's soft power that makes this s...
Fumio Kishida has been sworn in as the next Prime Minister of Japan, succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who resigned after only a year in office. Following the pandemic, Japan has had three prime ministers, which is unprecedented in Japanese politi...
As the world slowly coming with the terms of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, many observers said that the unexpected US debacle on Afghan soil gathers semblance of its pack up from Saigon, Vietnam. The scathing rupture in US credibilit...
Japan has approved the biggest trade deal in the world in June 2021. The agreement, which is called the RCEP, will take effect in January 2022.RCEP is a free trade agreement between the US, China, Japan, and South Korea. It will create a ma...
On 6 May 2021, Maldivian ex-President and the current Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Nasheed was gravely injured in a bomb attack. Post an intense lifesaving surgery, Nasheed seems to be stable, but the same cannot be said for the Maldivian n...
UAE has witnessed unparalleled growth in the past decade, and that holds true for its space sector too. It aims to be one of the top countries in the aerospace sector by the end of 2021. In the past 5 years, UAE has launched several space p...
The shipping industry has always been central to human civilization. It is a well-known fact now, that the maritime trade network was in operation between the ‘Harappan’ and ‘Mesopotamian’ civilization nearly around 3000 BCE. Shipping has b...
China continues to browbeat its neighbours on all its frontiers and seeks to further bolster its influence and establish its maritime imprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In response India has o...
International infrastructure projects are not new in the international politics. They have become pivotal in shaping the foreign policies of the states in various sectors of cooperation, both bilaterally and multilaterally. It also promotes...
While much of the academic work in the realm of maritime security cites Alfred Mahan Thayer and extrapolates his thinking to apply it to contemporary maritime issues, the work of Julian Corbett is often ignored. Golaya (2020) believes one o...
