International Relations in India & Beyond
The 5th India-Philippines Joint Commission on Bilateral Cooperation (JCBC) meeting took place on Thursday, co-chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo. The meeting, held in the national...
Thailand’s recent elections have delivered a surprising outcome, with the opposition party, Move Forward, receiving a majority of votes. The party’s platform, which calls for substantial reform of the country’s institutions, resonated with voters...
There is, in terms of democratic principles, no difference between Cambodia’s national elections of July 2013 and those scheduled to take place in July 2023. Such elections are either free and fair, or they...
Introduction On the 19th of September 2022 the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Ismail Sabri Yaakob launched the National Energy Policy 2022-2040 (NEP). The policy lays down the vision for energy sustainability for the forthcoming...
The United States and Indonesian militaries began annual joint combat exercises on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island, joined for the first time by partakers from other nations, betokening stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heralded a deepened relationship with close neighbour Indonesia, pledging stronger cooperation on trade, security and climate change during his first bilateral visit on Monday. Before the formal talks began,...
Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have urged Myanmar’s military to follow a five-point “consensus” it agreed to last year at a crisis meeting of the bloc’s leaders to address deadly unrest that...
Introduction Transnational organised crime [from now on TOC] organisations are self-contained groups that operate entirely or partially illegally and across borders. As a mode of operation, such peace and development deviant organisations seek new ways...
A Hong Kong court found three prominent pro-democracy activists guilty on Thursday of unauthorised assembly over a June 4 vigil last year to mark Beijing’s 1989 crackdown on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square....
Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at a summit on Monday that Beijing would not “bully” its smaller regional neighbours, amid rising tension over the...
