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...
During a three-day visit to Vietnam, India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and his counterpart in the Vietnamese government General Phan Van Giang signed the Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030. This...
On May 23, after the United States, President Joe Biden declared in Japan that if China attempted to conquer the island country of Taiwan by force, then America would militarily intervene. Beijing quickly replied by saying that, Washington ...
The Prime Ministers of India, Japan, and Australia, as well as the US President, launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) on May 24, a day before the Quad leaders' second in-person Summit in Tokyo, with Indonesia, South Korea, Ma...
The Indo-Pacific is gaining prominence due to shared interests and convergences among multiple significant countries, each with its own influences and objectives. The increasing mobility across the seas has contributed to the development of...
The use of weapons for annihilating a group or units of advancing soldiers through the use of high-tech weapons is often witnessed in modern wars so as to not leave any tell-tale signs, and to avoid international condemnation. The use of ra...
The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed the over-reliance of Japanese companies upon China's manufacturing capacities. In the midst of a trade war between the US and China, the latter country is facing a huge blowback from its Asian trading partne...
COVAX is an international alliance for manufacturing, researching and distribution of covid-19 vaccines to those parts of the world which are unable to procure or manufacture them due to poor economies. The COVAX programme is a vaccine init...
Since 1984, talks between Bhutan and China have largely focused on two separate areas of dispute, including Doklam and other areas in Bhutan’s West.
The First Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum meeting was held on 20 December 2021 and this was attended by countries like Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
The pandemic has hit countries in more ways than one. Economy has been the core sufferer following the lockdown that prevailed throughout the world. The states are on their way to revamp their economy and infrastructure. However, this reviv...
