For the past couple of years, Vietnam has been able to successfully navigate through various global economic uncertainties. It also faced internal challenges due to the effects of a pandemic and the impact of a global economic slowdown. In ...
On the morning of October 7th, the West Asia witnessed a significant and troubling event as Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, launched a surprise attack on Israel. This audacious assault included the firing of a substantial number of r...
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe unveiled a strategic framework for a free and open Indo-Pacific in 2016 which since 2017 has been propagated as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. With Southeast Asia being at the heart...
In the 2019 fiscal year, India's merchandise exports to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grew at a compound annual growth rate of about 5 percent to reach a total of $103 billion. Its imports from the region also increased...
Formed in 1971 after the withdrawal of British forces east of the Suez, the five Power defense Arrangements (FPDA), has a primary aim to protect former colonies Malaysia and Singapore in a region marred in conflict. The two South East Asian...
The developments in the last five years in South China Sea has gained international attention following the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in favour of the Philippines. The ruling clearly stated that the China’s claim of nine d...
The US-South Korea relations go back a long way. In 1882, both countries (America and Joseon Korea) signed the Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, continuing until 1905. At the end of World War II, the Korean peninsula was div...
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...
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 ...
Lithium Triangle, comprising of Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, currently is the most sought-after region in South America. Current situation of the lithium triangle has seen with progress bi- lateral and multi- lateral trade agreements with ...
China has been investing in Asia and Africa so as to further its trade and investment prospects under BRI, and one of the means that it has adopted in Africa is to develop ports and associated infrastructure. This is meant to harness resour...
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...
