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...
Vanilla Islands is a new tourist destination brand formed by six island nations of the Indian Ocean Region. Those are Seychelles, Madagascar, Réunion, Mauritius, Comoros, and Mayotte. This cooperation, which was created on August 4, 2010, i...
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...
In March 2021, a Japanese container ship ‘Ever Given’ blocked one of the busiest maritime trade routes in the world for nearly a week. As the ship got stuck in the Suez Canal, a key waterway, it prevented more than 400 vessels to make their...
For centuries, technological revolutions in weapons have changed the nature of warfare, affecting the balance of power and strategic stability. However, a majority of public reports around hypersonic glide vehicles are deceptive. They are n...
Formed in 1971 after the withdrawal of British forces east of the Suez, the five Power defense Arrangements (FPDA), has a primary aim to protect former colonies Malaysia and Singapore in a region marred in conflict. The two South East Asian...
European Union, the only supranational organization is a post-cold war creation. It is a political and economic union comprising of 27 member states-Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Ge...
As the U.S.- China relationship finds itself locked into the irreversible trajectory of strategic competition, the Cold War 2.0 seems plausible. While some scholars argues that New Cold War is already hovering over the Unites States and Chi...
When one looks at China-Iran relations, one can easily conclude that their relations very well fits the famous proverb 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. China-Iran relation is a classical case of balancing. Despite the lack of commonalities ...
Indo-Pacific in the recent times has emerged as the engine of economic growth, bordering significant bilateral and multilateral ties such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Transpacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive E...
The recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh has drawn attention back to the politics in Central Asia. An informal summit was conducted at the end of March this year that was attended by the leaders of member states in the Turkic Council. Two ma...
India- Malaysia defence relations are crucial for both the nations’ security and strategic dynamics in East Asia and Southeast Asia. India’s interest in East Asia has been previously elaborated by its Look East Policy which was ratified in ...
