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Decoding China’s Stance on South China Sea

China has been looking into formalizing of a Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea (SCS) and seeks a possible long lasting solution to the maritime territorial dispute that persists with its other claimant countries. There have been consultat....

December 18, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , South China Sea , China-ASEAN Code of Conduct

Blue vs Green: An Analysis of the Mid-Term Elections in Taiwan

Dr Teshu Singh Article

On 24 November 2018, the ‘nine-in–one’ local government and mid-term elections were held in Taiwan. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost seven out of the 13 cities and counties, including two special municipalities; Taichung and Kaohsiun....

December 12, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Taiwan elections , China-Taiwan relations

Public Call for Independence - What it Means for Taiwan

Dr Gunjan Singh Commentary

It would be an understatement to say that a lot has happened and is happening across the Taiwan Straits. The relationship between Taiwan and China has been strained since the election of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen as the ....

November 15, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Taiwan-China relations , Chinese hard-line on Taiwan

Pakistan Withdrawal from Combined Task Force 151: Does it Presage a Lethal Military Bloc – An Alliance of Four (Ao4)?

Commodore Somen Banerjee Commentary

Pakistan Navy’s Pull-out

It was reported by Al Jazeera that the Pakistan Navy had pulled out of Combined Task Force (CTF) 151 on October 08, 2018. However, there has been no official confirmation by the Pakistan Navy. CTF 151 was establ....

October 16, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , Combined Task Force , Arabian Sea Lanes , Pakistan Navy

Korean Peninsula – Two Steps Forwards, One and a Half Steps Back

Amb Vishnu Prakash Commentary

A productive inter-Korean summit was held in Pyongyang on 18 to 20 September - the third since April 2018. The historic first North Korea-USA summit took place in Singapore on 12 June. Preparations for the second are afoot. President Xi Jinping a....

September 27, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Commentary , North Korea denuclearisation , Korean peace

BIMSTEC – The Rubik’s Cube

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

On August 30-31, the seven-member Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) held its 4th Summit at Kathmandu within a span of over two decades. Many observers had begun to cast a shadow of doubt on its r....

September 10, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , BIMSTEC , 4th Kathmandu Summit , Asian regional cooperation

Emerging Strategic Dynamics in Indo-Pacific and India-Vietnam Cooperation

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

International order is undergoing profound and rapid changes, which compel all powers to continually adapt their foreign and security policies, in order to protect their national interests to the extent possible. The term Indo-Pacific though over a d....

September 06, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific concept , India-Vietnam Cooperation

Prospects for India–China Maritime Cooperation

Commodore Somen Banerjee Article

Introduction

The keynote address of Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue on June 01, 2018, succinctly spelt out India’s Indo-Pacific strategy between the “shifting plates of global politics and the fault l....

September 05, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , India , China , Pollution of the seas , Maritime cooperation , Pollution

Release of the ‘Policy Recommendations by Quadripartite Commission on the Indian Ocean Regional Security’

Recognising that stability and security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is extremely important for peace, prosperity and sustainable development of the international society, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) Japan, SPF USA, National Security Coll....

August 29, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Seminars , QUAD , Indian Ocean Region