Articles

A Potential War Looms over the Korean Peninsula

Pyongyang seems determined to keep tensions in the Korean Peninsula alive. In a provocative start to 2024, it launched new cruise missile test for submarine. By doing this, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un flaunted his growing nuclear arsenal, thereby....

February 13, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , summit diplomacy , provocations , Cheonan , spectre of a nuclear war , Northern Limit Line , nuclear-powered submarine , Yoon-suk Yeol

Korean Peninsula Back in Limelight Following ICBM Launch

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

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

Nuclear Weapons for South Korea: Implications

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

A concerning trend is unfolding in the Korean Peninsula and larger East Asia wherein fresh talks in South Korea of revisiting the nuclear options are being openly articulated. This is precisely being triggered by North Korea’s relentless surge in n....

January 19, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Tactical Nuclear Weapons , Nuclear Weapons , International sanctions , summit diplomacy , Extended deterrence , 1953 armistice , disarmament talks , Gallup opinion survey

Is North Korea’s Missile Firings a Bigger Flashpoint than the Taiwan Issue?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Among the two potential flashpoints i.e. the Taiwan Strait and North Korea’s nuclear issue, recent developments suggest that the Taiwan issue could be a greater concern as China’s threatening statements put the US and other stakeholders on the ed....

October 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , nuclear tests , Joe Biden , One China policy , summit diplomacy , missile launches , Kim Jung-un , nuclear war possibility

Diplomatic Engagements by Stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific Region

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In past three months or so there has been a flurry of diplomatic activities in the Indo-Pacific region with top leaders visiting countries with a view to deepen the strategic relations and promote understanding on a host of bilateral and regional iss....

June 14, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Shangri-la dialogue , Joe Biden , Scott Morrison , summit diplomacy , international politics and diplomacy , Anthony Albanese , South Pacific islands , Koko Widodo

Fresh Challenge from North Korea with ICBM launch

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

On 24 March 2022, North Korea ended a self-imposed moratorium on testing long range missiles and launched a new kind of ICBM for the first time since 2017. The launch was seen as a challenge and to assess South Korea’s Pres....

April 13, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ICBM , Kim Jong-un , Joe Biden , Kim Yo Jong , EEZ , summit diplomacy , Fumio Kishida , missile launches , Hwasong-17 , nuclear warhead , abductions

East Asia: Likely Trends in 2022

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

A year has just ended and we usher into another one. Many parts of the world witnessed dramatic developments in political, economic and defence/security realms. In a globalised and inter-connected world, no part of the world remained insulated from d....

January 06, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , ASEAN , QUAD , Xi Jinping , Kim Jong-un , shinzo abe , COVID-19 , weaponisation , summit diplomacy , Fumio Kishida , CPTTP , missile developoment

Hopes for Peace Return in the Korean Peninsula as inter-Korean Military Hotlines re-established

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The liberal and dovish South Korean President Moon Jae-in is a gutsy leader who does not easily give up to make peace with the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, despite the latter’s maverick behaviour and unpredictable policy choices that once agree....

August 10, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Kim Jong-un , Moon Jae-in , Kim Yo Jong , military drills , hotlines , summit diplomacy , DMZ , liberal , conservative