GEOPOLITICS: Sino-Iranian Strategic Partnership is a Setback to India
According to the New York Times (Defying U.S., China and Iran Near Trade and Military Partnership, 11 July 2020), Iran and China have quietly...
HONG KONG: China Adopts Decision on National Security Law
A Blow to Hong Kong’s Autonomy
China's National People's Congress (NPC), on 28 May, adopted a decision to make a national security law for Hong...
US, Indian Naval Exercise A Clear Signal to China
The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group, consisting of flagship USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Princeton, and Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and...
U.S.–CHINA: U.S.’s Belligerent Posturing Against China
America’s New China Policy
The US-China rivalry has shifted into new and unpredictable areas ever since the US administration claimed China intentionally covered up the...
INDO-PACIFIC: US Rejects China’s Claim Over S. China Sea
Washington’s Policies Increasingly Hawkish Towards China
The US State Department effectively rejected nearly all of China’s claims and activities in the South China Sea, through...
GLOBALISATIOn: Borders and Identities in the Globalised World
“We intend to be kind to everyone. We have many friends. But just as importantly, we aspire to remain ourselves.” Lee Kuan Yen, Prime...
GEOPOLITICS: Opportunities Ahead For India in US-China Trade War
When Joseph Chamberlain, the popular British statesman from the 19th Century, wrote his speeches, he most likely did not think that one of his...
GEOPOLITICS: Indo-Australian Bonhomie Influenced by Chinese Hostility
India and Australia upgraded their strategic ties, on 4 June, to a ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’, and signed military logistics and defence science and technology...
India’s ‘Existential Threat’ Shifting Towards its Maritime Frontier
Modern day warfare is no longer constricted to military face-offs across borders, territorial annexations and fighting foreign interventions. With the swell of globalization the...
INDIA-JAPAN: Immense Potential in Post-Covid Partnership
The world has been tirelessly battling, since January 2020, the global coronavirus pandemic, which in turn has led to the recurring downfall of the...