China has steadily established itself as an economic powerhouse and military titan, as the years have progressed, leading to the possibility of a change in the status quo of international relations, the likes of which had previously been se...
On April 24-29 this year, President Yoon Suk-Yeol of South Korea visited the United States of America to meet his counterpart, President Joe Biden. Numerous arguments appeared to reveal President Yoon’s purpose, ranging from securing Korea’...
The war in Ukraine has flared for over a year and has caused great suffering to human life and international peace. On 24th February 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine from the north, south, and eas...
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's rotating chairmanship was handed over to India last year in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. India will be presiding over the SCO grouping till September 2023. From being an observer state in 2005 to full membe...
The war in Ukraine has flared for over a year and has caused great suffering to human life and international peace. On 24th February 2022, Vladimir Putin launched a “special military operation” against Ukraine from the north, south, and eas...
ASEAN leaders have in-principle agreed to admit Timor-Leste. But this admission is conditioned upon Timor-Leste successfully fulfilling a criteria-based roadmap. This objective roadmap has not yet been drafted, let alone put up for adoption...
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...
The 15th and 16th of September 2022 marked the 22nd annual summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The first physical meeting since the pandemic, this meeting brought ...
The Indian Air Force celebrated its 90th anniversary outside of Delhi for the first time on October 8, 2022. The celebrations in Chandigarh included a spectacular hour-long air display over Sukhna Lake with as many as 80 aircraft. In additi...
For a few days now, news about the Chinese Party Congress has been making the rounds. This is because China's governing communist party is convening its 20th national congress from October 16 to October 22 at the Great Hall of the People on...
After two decades of research and experimentation, the Israeli Defence Ministry has finally unlocked the potential of a functional prototype, a potent laser gun that can intercept rockets, mortar shells, and drones in flight. Israel has tes...
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...
