Business will not be the same in the city as institutions would have to be wary of not toeing the line. This will naturally dissuade investors, especially foreign investors who do not wish to get caught up in the political and legal crossfi...
The recent Chinese aggressive behaviour and multi-fronted confrontations, from imposition of draconian laws in Hong Kong, to menacingly targeting Taiwan, suppressing of ASEAN-member states in the South China Sea (SCS) region, trade war with...
Amid the escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific region stemming from China’s display of military muscle and expansionist design, the spectre of a new cold war with the US and China as the two major combatants is drifting the world to a maj...
Islamic State (IS) emerged as splinter group from a faction of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, during a chaotic conflict in 2003 after the United States led invasion. The vision, which still remains constant, is to establish an ‘Islamic Caliphate’, cover...
China has recently declared that its economy is once more on the path to recovery after dealing with the shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, with the Chinese government being known for its want to propagate false information and conce...
The world at present faces several issues whether it’s the Coronavirus Pandemic, uncertainties over the existing world order have been raised accompanied with inter-state competitions in the political, economic and military realm. Recently,...
With the coming to power of Xi Jinping in 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has adopted a pugnacious foreign policy from direct intervention in Hong Kong to militarising the South China Sea, trade war with the US and border dispute...
In an age of constant change, uncertainty, and increased power play, every country seeks to counter the other in more ways than one. This has indeed given rise to countries like China adopting tactics which can coerce and alter dynamics to ...
In 2019, ASEAN leaders acknowledged the Indo-Pacific as a geopolitical imagination, but have reinforced their commitment to the ASEAN-centered regional architecture. The ASEAN stance was manifested through a document ‘ASEAN Outlook on the I...
India’s all-weather friend Japan has been the most supportive in the present times when Chinese aggressiveness is at an all high against India, especially in the Ladakh region. The Japanese Ambassador to India, Satoshi Suzuki quoted that “t...
The Fish hook strategy was a US propelled strategy highlighted by Taiwan military intelligence official Liao Wen-chung. He described it as a “Fish Hook Undersea Defence Line”. The purpose of this defence line was the US developing underwate...
As the COVID-19 pandemic and China’s antagonistic strategies have begun to alter political and economic dynamics across the globe, it is only likely that many countries will now adjust their foreign policies and strategies as well. It has b...
