The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has 50 diesel submarines and 6 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) 4 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Modernizing the PLAN’s submarines remains a high priority for the PRC. ...
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.
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...
The world encountered deepening of ties between Japan and Taiwan with the opening of 7th Japan- Taiwan Exchange Summit held in Kobe city in November. This year’s summit will be engraved in the history of Japan – Taiwan relations. Both count...
As the COP came to an end, there have been divergent views on what the conference achieved. The situation of climate change has been becoming alarming day by day with scientists around the world warning about rising climate and the frequenc...
In September 2021, the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) authorized a full investigation into the Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte “war on drugs” campaign for inherent human rights violations in taking down drug cartels an...
Vietnam’s economic growth declined significantly in 2020 from 7% to 2.91% due to the Covid-19 outbreak. This is better than most other countries where the growth rate was negative. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the demand front has...
To ensure the continued growth and development of the Asia-Pacific, there will be a free, open, and fair trade and investment environment, which supports the rules of the World Trade Organization in delivering a well-functioning and predict...
Economic Community of West African States was formulated through a treaty signed in Lagos, Nigeria on 28th May 1975. It is a 15-member regional group comprising of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cote d’ Ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea B...
There is a saying about technology. "Technology, like art, is a soaring exercise of the human imagination." One of the best-suited examples would be the cyber domain. The headway this domain has made is parallel to none. China is one of the...
On June 19th, 17.9 million Iran citizens voted ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisi, the former judicial chief, as the President of the country. He enters the office at a time when Iran is caught between a chaotic domestic situation with a trai...
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...
