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North Korea’s ICBM Launch Worrying – Part II
December 5 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
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Response from Japan
As an immediate neighbour, Japan was alarmed by North Korea’s missile launch. It was concerned as the missile landed about 125 miles from Japan’s coastline. In the preceding months, North Korea’s ballistic missile launches also had reached Japan’s coastline.

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : collective self-defence , Haguro , JDP , Komeito , Mayu , missile defence system , NDPG , Yoon Suk-yeol

Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement and its regional consequences
December 2 , 2022 Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF
Podcast Views: 4493
Amb. Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, discusses "Israel-Lebanon Maritime Agreement and its regional consequences" by assessing the critical dimensions of the historic deal and dissecting th...

West Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Eastern Mediterranean Sea , Israel , Lebanon , US

Longewala December 1971: If it Was Fought as a Unified Theatre Command Battle
December 2 , 2022 Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)
Article Views: 9269
Longewala- an Opportunity Lost
On 4 December 1971 when Indian forces were advancing into erstwhile East Pakistan, the Pakistanis decided to advance into Rajasthan along Axis Ramgarh – Jaisalmerand beyond.

National Security and Strategic Studies, Bangladesh, Defence, Neighbourhood Studies

Tags : Longewala , Theatre command , War for Liberation of Bangladesh

Why is Early Presidential Elections in Kazakhstan Significant?
December 1 , 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Commentary Views: 5271
Background
The incumbent President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won by a landslide in an early presidential election on November 20, 2022. He was reelected because the Kazakh people trusted him and supported a fair government

Central Asia, International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Constitutional reforms , Exit polls , January Protests , Kazakhstan , Observers , political opposition , Snap Elections , Tokayev

North Korea’s ICBM Launch Worrying – Part I
December 1 , 2022 Prof Rajaram Panda
Article Views: 4501
On 18 November 2022, North Korea successfully test-fired a Hwasong-17 (or Hwasongpho-17) intercontinental-range ballistic missile (ICBM), adding further to the already existing tensions and security thr...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Hwasong-17 , ICBM , inter-Korean summit , Join statement , Kim Jong-un , Kim Yo Jong , Mike Pompeo , nuclear test preparations , Tae Yong-ho , UNSC

India and the South Caucasus
November 30 , 2022 Amb Achal Malhotra
Article Views: 6214
It is desirable to draw a pen -picture of South Caucasus before discussing India’s policy towards the region and its relations with the individual countries in the region. The collapse of the USSR in 19...

International Relations and Diplomacy

Tags : Armenia , Azerbaijan , Georgia , India , Russia

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