Chinese Strategy in the South China Sea
By now, it is clear that China has decided to ditch Deng Xiaoping’s foreign policy dictum of “hiding its capabilities and biding its time” in favour of a much more active foreign policy. Under...
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Erdogan’s interests for nukes and Turkey-Pakistan rising bonhomie
The recent meeting of the Turkey-Pakistan High-Level Military Dialogue Group (HLMDG) has induced suspicions about Pakistan’s closet backing for Turkish nukes. The gathering was held between December 22nd-23rd, 2020. Islamabad’s delegation was headed by...
Globalization and Climate Change: A Case Study of Sundarbans
In the words of Anthony Giddens, globalization is defined as “the intensification of worldwide social relations which link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles...
Will RCEP Change the Game in Asia?
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In a move that could represent another step in Washington’s decline and China’s hegemonic ascent in Asia, 15 state ministers signed the RCEP free trade agreement on November 15, 2020. The question...
The hope of a two-state solution – Gone with the wind
The back to back peace agreements signed by Israel with the Gulf Arab countries signals the potential death knell for the purported two-state solution, a course correction is necessary The last few months of...
Navigating the fault lines in the Indo-Pacific
Introduction Locations of geopolitical importance have constantly shifted throughout the history of international politics and relations. From the heartland in Central Asia to the Middle East in West Asia and now the most recent...
Behind the Tweets: Pakistani Propaganda Patterns and its Implications for India
Pakistan has been retained on the Paris-based global money laundering and terrorist financing overseer Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list. This shouldn’t make India sanguine. India is itself scheduled for a FATF evaluation...
India’s Maritime Engagement with ASEAN
Maritime cooperation is one of the significant aspects of the India-ASEAN strategic partnership. India’s naval affiliation with the Southeast Asian nations is an imperious dimension of the “Look East Policy”, introduced in the early...
Australian Defence Forces: An Assessment
The FORCE 2020 document was a vision document for Australian defence forces released in 2002 that aimed to look ahead at the challenges of the 21st century and prepare the ADF as a “force...
The Delusional Despot: Erdogan’s experiments with the Muslim World
“In the Midst of Chaos, there is also opportunity” -Sun Tzu, Art of War Modern-day Turkey was founded in 1923, envisioned on the principles of secularism and western modernity by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The...
