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Asean and the Ukraine crisis: Centrality & strategic silence are not compatible

Updated on Apr 09, 2022 10:56 am IST

As the Ukraine crisis unfolds, it is imperative to look at how certain regional mechanisms led by Asean, have responded to the crisis. (REUTERS PHOTO.)

Finding a middle ground with the new FIR agreement

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo at their leaders’ retreat on Bintan island. Photo: AFP

Published on Mar 26, 2022 05:15 pm IST

Energising the renewable energy sector in Southeast Asia

The Sustainable Development Goal (number 7) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015, lays down the need to achieve affordable and clean energy by 2030.. (Reuters file)

Updated on Mar 26, 2022 01:44 pm IST

Explaining Israel's Africa policy

The principal objective of the meeting was to evaluate AU's achievements over the past year, particularly in the context of the recent surge of military coups and the ways to recover from the pandemic.(File Photo)

Published on Mar 02, 2022 03:40 am IST

Pandemic-hit Hong Kong showing resilience as a financial hub over Singapore

The City’s Census and Statistics Department (CSD) data for January, 2022 indicates overseas companies are keeping a close watch for further developments in terms of pandemic-related restrictions given its daily infections reaching a record of 8,674 on February 23.(REUTERS)

Published on Feb 28, 2022 01:59 pm IST

Quad Economy & Technology task force: A time for concerted action

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic underlined the dependencies and vulnerabilities of the Quad nations individually and as a group.

Published on Feb 24, 2022 04:21 pm IST

How India can maximise the potential from France’s EU presidency

This year, France took over the six month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, with an aspiring agenda involving regulation of digital giants, minimum wages in Europe, Schengen reform, and enhancing European defence and security complementary to NATO.(AFP)

Published on Feb 23, 2022 01:44 pm IST

The Ukraine crisis and India: Balancing triumph and tribulation

India’s position on the ongoing Ukraine crisis undergirded by the desire to keep clear of the crosshairs of big power rivalry is reminiscent of its quintessential ‘strategic autonomy’.. (REUTERS)

Published on Feb 19, 2022 03:51 pm IST

China’s prospects in Afghanistan: Opportunities and adversities

The United States (US) invaded Taliban-run Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Virginia. (PTI FILE)

Published on Feb 18, 2022 04:51 pm IST

Has global geopolitics turned multipolar?

Earlier in 2021, the separate summits attended by President Joe Biden of G7 leaders and NATO leaders as well as the Summit for Democracy hosted by Biden were astute endeavours to rally allies and partners against the West’s major adversaries, China and Russia.(AP)

Published on Feb 10, 2022 06:24 pm IST

China’s military-civil fusion strategy, the US response & implications for India

In recent years, fears have centered on a Chinese strategy called ‘Military-Civil Fusion’ (MCF) which is aimed at spurring innovation in key sectors and leveraging dual-use technologies for military end-uses.(AP File Photo)

Published on Jan 28, 2022 03:02 pm IST

The long shadow of sea power and the South China Sea dispute

The tensions in the South China Sea have been steadily building up over the past decade with various regional and non-regional navies aggressively patrolling the region to claim the innocence of passage as enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

Published on Jan 22, 2022 05:19 pm IST

Cross-border controls impeding supply chains in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia’s position in global trade comes from its enhanced integration into global supply chains.. (AFP/ Representational image)

Updated on Jan 22, 2022 05:50 pm IST

Will the China-Pakistan-Taliban troika in Afghanistan make India irrelevant?

There are verbal agreements between Beijing and the Taliban about investments.(AFP)

Published on Jan 18, 2022 09:14 pm IST

Can off-tracking Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) affect India’s gain from BCIM?

BCIM has huge potential in terms of earning revenue from tourism and energy trade (Shutterstock)

Published on Jan 17, 2022 04:30 pm IST

The politics of Covid-19 in Southeast Asia

Thailand, Singapore, and Cambodia have come up with laws to crack down on critics of their Covid-19 response by regarding them as imparting misinformation. Philippines has also used cybercrimes laws to target government critics. Similarly, Indonesia and Malaysia are scapegoating certain communities for the spread of Covid-19.(Reuters)

Updated on Dec 21, 2021 03:55 pm IST

Need to create new institutions to meet new global challenges

US President addressed “Summit for Democracy” with a focus on renewing democracy in the US and around the world. (Bloomberg)(HT_PRINT)

Updated on Dec 13, 2021 09:52 pm IST

Southeast Asia reopening borders and living with Covid-19

The World Travel and Tourism Council’s estimated that travel and tourism contributed to Southeast Asia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for about $380 million in 2019 or 12% and over 42 million jobs or over 13%. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)(Photo by Capturing the human heart. on Unsplash)

Updated on Dec 10, 2021 04:44 pm IST

Decoding the Myanmar crisis: domestic factors or external players?

Decoding the Myanmar crisis(Reuters)

Published on Dec 07, 2021 10:56 pm IST

The Chinese Communist Party’s ambitious agenda

China’s online technology companies reported a huge business turnover in the domestic market for ‘singles day’ sales.

Published on Nov 29, 2021 03:21 pm IST

The ASEAN agreements are not as straightforward as we imagine them to be

The initial declaration signed between the founding members was a simply worded document containing merely five articles, affirming the establishment of the organisation while stating its names and purposes.

Updated on Nov 29, 2021 12:56 pm IST

South China Sea geopolitics and the shadow of Covid-19

An area covering approximately 3.5 million square km, the South China Sea’s strategic importance has increased enormously as the global geopolitical and geo-economic centre of gravity has shifted towards Asia in the last decades; enframed by the ASEAN states, China and Taiwan, it hosts shipping routes, fish stock, hydrocarbon reserves, and rich biodiversity.(AP file photo. Representative image)

Published on Nov 21, 2021 02:31 pm IST

The future of India’s development cooperation in Afghanistan

India has been one of the biggest contributors towards global efforts at reconstructing Afghanistan.

Published on Nov 12, 2021 06:31 pm IST

AUKUS and an acquiescing ASEAN

US President Joe Biden participates in a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. The three nations launched the AUKUS partnership. (AFP)

Updated on Nov 05, 2021 03:40 pm IST

The future of war in South Asia: Innovation, technology and organisation

As the report recounts, the face of warfare is changing with the rapidly evolving development of advanced war fighting technologies.

Published on Oct 22, 2021 10:33 pm IST

AUKUS and Kunming-172: An Alert for Indonesia

US President Joe Biden participated in a virtual press conference on national security with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AFP)

Published on Oct 13, 2021 09:36 pm IST

Quad embraces Asean spirit of cooperation

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison pose before the Quad summit, in Washington DC. (ANI)(HT_PRINT)

Published on Oct 13, 2021 03:38 pm IST

Neighbourhood’s first responder: India’s approach to humanitarian assistance

India’s leading role thus paradoxically also exposed the absence of effective regional mechanisms for disaster relief in South Asia.(AFP)

Updated on Sept 30, 2021 07:06 pm IST

Devising an Indian policy on Sanctions for Pakistan

On-going violence in Afghanistan has raised demands to sanction Pakistan for its support of the Afghan Taliban. Countries, which want a stable Afghanistan and believe in human values, must consider the option of such sanctions targeted at the Pakistani military.

Published on Sept 23, 2021 06:17 pm IST

ASEAN’s Lilliputian progress in Myanmar

In this April 22, 2021, file photo, flags of some of the ASEAN member countries fly at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)(AP)

Published on Sept 11, 2021 05:36 pm IST

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