Articles

Korean Peninsula Back in Limelight Following ICBM Launch

Introduction

On 12 July 2023, North Korea fired a Hwasong-18 solid-propellant intercontinental range ballistic missiles (ICBM), the longest-ever flight for a North Korean missile, that flew for 74 minutes, triggering fresh tensions in the....

July 28, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , ASEAN , EU , G-7 , summit diplomacy , abduction issue , missile launch , MIRV , nuclear warheads , trilateral initiative

Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part II

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s tasks are cut out. He has to navigate between his anti-nuclear position as a native of Hiroshima and adopting a pragmatic approach on the country’s security. When he addressed the NPT Review Conference in New York, ....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Senkaku Islands , Taiwan Straits , abduction issue , Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park , TPNW , Kurile Islands , NPDI , Nuclear and disarmament issues

Tragic Departure of Abe: His Legacy Stays on Part – II

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The assassination of Japan’s youngest and longest-serving Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was not only a tremendous shock to Japan but to the rest of the world. This also serves a wake-up call for the Japanese government to review the security apparat....

July 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , QUAD , Article 9 , Yasukuni Shrine , Missile firing , collective self-defence , abduction issue , Senkaku dispute , security and policing , Abenomics.