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 annual G20 summit is scheduled to take place on November 15 and 16, 2022. The summit this year will be a little different as both Russia and Ukraine are expected to attend. But before we get into the details, it's crucial to understand ...
The Invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, took many by surprise. Russia originating from this invasion is part of an effort to prevent the expansion of power carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Russia later sta...
China has been struggling with an economic crisis amplified by the underlying structural issues of the government while struggling with COVID-19 protocols. The preventive measures have led to constant lockdowns in crucial financial hubs, se...
Shinzo Abe, the recently assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister, is remembered for his astute leadership and had many impeccable achievements to his legacy. One among those was to kickstart the Japanese military modernization and upgra...
The IPEF was launched on May 23, 2022 jointly by US and other countries of Indo Pacific region. It was initially composed of 14 founding member nations. Fiji was the first South Pacific Island nation to join the group. The invitation to oth...
The visit of Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the US House of Representatives, to Taiwan around the first week of August has negatively altered several aspects of the relationship between the United States and China. The visit was deemed to be ...
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to Taiwan, on August 2, 2022, drew criticism from many parties, especially China. China considers this a war drum; China responds and in the form of military exercises around the jurisdi...
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...
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...
Japan in its press statement after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, strongly condemned the act of aggression. Along with G7, they reiterated that strong sanctions will be applied. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a turning point in Japa...
At the 2021 year-end Plenary Meeting, the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his desire to improve people's lives by focusing over nukes. The speech came against the backdrop of severe economic crises and food shortages faced by Nort...
