The once politically peaceful, geographically isolated and sea-locked Pacific region is becoming a pawn in the game of power politics among traditional and regional powers over the past years. The assertive and bold Chinese behaviour in the...
The term ‘bank’ originates from the Italian word ‘banco’ meaning bench. During the renaissance, moneylenders carried out most of their transactions over these benches, and since then they have become symbolic of banks, and other financial f...
The world has been shaken by the global pandemic and has been battling through economic upheavals to medical shortages all across the world. These have led to a global collaboration through regional and global institutions and forums, to st...
North Korea is an enigma. Since its founding following the Korean War, no one has a clear idea about the correct picture of the country. Information filtered is either through the defectors, official propaganda, or just conjecture. Truths a...
A recent visit to India by President Trump paved the way for a ‘Global Strategic Convergence between India and the United States. This dual relationship is most important to Japan, as both the U.S. and India are major determinants in shapin...
The devastating socio-economic nature of climate change and severe weather events is irrefutably felt across the spectrum. From the destructive Australian bushfires, to the hurricanes sweeping through the US and torrential rains that caused...
Deep in the oceans rest the arteries and veins which pump life into the 21st century as it did in the 19th and even 18th Century. These essentials are also, or, rather officially known as submarine cables. These cables are spread over 750 m...
The suicide attacks on Easter Sunday a year ago by the nine suicide bombers belonging to National Thawheeth Jama'ath (NTJ), linked to Islamic State (ISIS), killing over 270 people and injuring several others, appears to be more closely link...
Japan, in the present times, has been facing a complex security environment because of the constant change in the balance of power within the international community. Japan realises that in the current international scenario, no country can...
China has made it clear in its defence white papers and in many public statements by leaders that Tibet, Taiwan, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands and South China Sea are inalienable parts of China and comprise its core areas which means these are non...
On April 17th 2020, at the PLA website, China designated two of the occupied islands groups- Spratlys and Paracels as its two new districts under the Sansha city administration located in Hainan. The two groups of islands have been named as...
The world, since the end of December 2019, has been battling the global pandemic COVID-19 which has left the global financial situation in a flux. Most of the world economies have been in a state of stagnation and looking for ways of recove...
