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Japan’s Engagement with ASEAN: Security Dimension- Part II

From the two successive visits of Kamikawa and Kishida to the ASEAN region in quick time, it transpires that Japan now accords extra importance to the region as strategic environment has turned volatile. Japan’s economic engagement with the countri....

November 21, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , Maritime Security , SDF , international politics and diplomacy , RAA , OSA , Japan’s pacifism , disaster management

Russia’s Fuel Export Ban and its Implication for Africa and Beyond

Samir Bhattacharya Article

Background

On September 21, by a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Russia banned the export of all types of diesel, including summer, winter and Arctic blends, as well as heavy distillates, including gasoline and diesel.<....

November 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Africa , Russia , Article , India , China , Russia , Africa , Putin , Energy Security , Ukraine , EU , energy , Export ban

Japan’s Engagement with ASEAN: Economic Dimension - Part I

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

There are certain issues evolving in the Indo-Pacific region that are driving Japan to be drawn closer to the countries of the ASEAN grouping. The most striking example of the driver that pulls both Japan and the ASEAN closer....

November 14, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , Maritime Security , strategic partnership , Connectivity , Fumio Kishida , international politics and diplomacy , FOIP , Kamikawa Yoko , Japan-ASEAN Summit

Great Game in Reverse: Decoding Central Asia’s Geopolitical Rebalancing

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Central Asia’s geostrategic location is critical, making this region a focal point of geopolitical struggle for centuries. In 1904, British geographer Halford Mackinder presented his ‘Heartland Theory,’ in which the Eurasia region is referred t....

November 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , China , USA , USAID , Joe Biden , Great Game , Gas pipeline , C5+1 , Macron , Uranium , Halford Mackinder

India and the Changing World Order (Emerging paradigm shift in the changing global, political and economic order)

S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

India and the Changing World breaks free from conventional boundaries, delving fearlessly into the realms of emerging civilizational, religious, and historical matters. Its purpose lies in sparking essential conversations about broader matters, such ....

November 10, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian democracy , Civilization , Book Published , post-Cold War , Changing World Order

Hidden Contours of Israel Hamas Conflict

Col Pradeep Jaidka (Retd.) Article

Hamas executed a well-planned multifaceted military operation, breaching the Gaza fence after neutralizing Israel’s sensors, automatic machine gun towers and communications nodes to execute civilians; take hostages and desecrate bodies of the dead.....

November 09, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Israel , Social Media , Gaza , Hamas , Perception Warfare , Siege , tunnels , Urban Warfare

Japan’s Defence White Paper 2023: Plea for a Robust Defence Posture

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Japanese government released the 2023 Defense Paper^[1] in July, at a time when Japan finds itself in the midst of an era of crisis, facing its most severe and complex securit....

November 08, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Defense White Paper , Tomahawk , cruise missile , China’s militarisation , North Korean threat , stance of the media , Raytheon Technologies Corp

Iran’s Domestic Political Situation: Implication on Relations with India

Sakshi Chaudhari Article

The coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, facilitated by the United States (US), put Reza Shah Pahlavi into power, and the people in Iran lost hope of establishing democratic rule. Although progressive and westernised in some aspects, the S....

November 07, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article

The Nagorno-Karabakh Seesaw – an Unstable Equilibrium

Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM Article

Setting the Stage

This little area of a mere 1700 square miles nestled in the South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea and forming the south eastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range has seen war, destruction....

November 06, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Nagorno , Karabakh , Arsakh , Armenia Azerbaijan conflict

Turbulence in South China Sea: Need to Enforce UNCLOS

Rup Narayan Das Article

The expansive South China Sea, covering an area of more than 3.5 million square kilometres consisting of atolls, reefs is arguably the most contested waters of Asia. The reserve of hydro carbons and its strategic location in the vicinity of shipping ....

November 03, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , China , ASEAN , Code of Conduct , Nine Dash Line , PCA