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50 Years of Diplomatic Ties: Convergence and Challenges in India-South Korea Relations

The year 2023 marks 50 years of the establishment of formal diplomatic ties between India and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The Korean Embassy in New Delhi made a spectacular display of growing people-to-people ties between the two countries...

China: Daily Scan, September 27, 2022

Xi writes foreword for literature collection on rejuvenation: Xinhuanet September 26, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping has written a foreword, titled "Forging Ahead on the Journey to National Rejuvenation," for works of literature collected in the...

China: Daily Scan, June 21, 2022

Li Hongzhong elected Party chief of China's Tianjin: Xinhuanet June 20, 2022 Li Hongzhong has been elected secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Tianjin Municipal Committee. Li was elected to the post at the first plenary session of the...

China: Daily Scan, May 02, 2022

Communist youth league of China has over 73.7 mln members: Xinhuanet May 2, 2022 The Communist Youth League of China (CYLC) has over 73.7 million members nationwide as of December 31, 2021, according to statistics released by the CYLC Central...

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 1st November - 07 November 2021

Economic US, Britain join countries sounding alarm over China food import rules Several countries including Japan, Britain, and the United States are urging Chinese customs officials to pause the roll-out of regulations on food imports, arguing the...

Chinese involvement in IUU Fishing

Within the strategic community a less-spoken issue when it comes to China is its role in global fishing. Threat from China is often discussed in terms of its territorial aggression, military, its state-owned enterprises, its technology, hybrid...

Global Nuclear Order in 2019: A Review

The year 2019 has precipitated two important trends in the global nuclear order namely, an unstable deterrence environment, and worsening tensions between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon possessor states over the pace of nuclear reductions. According...

Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to...

Commentary: North Korea Takes Advantage of Flags of Convenience Regime

Amid high decibel ‘verbal exchanges’ between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over latter’s nuclear ambition, the United Nations Security Council announced on 22 December 2017 new economic sanctions against Democratic...

North Korean Imbroglio: In a Decisive Phase

In the last six weeks the long simmering North Korean question has escalated to a crisis and has brought North East Asia on the brink of a nuclear disaster. North Korea embarked on the path of seeking nuclear weapon capacity in late 1980’s. During...

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