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Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional organisation of the ten South–East Asian countries- Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, has been cooperating in v...
On September 10, Maldives and the United States of America signed the 'Framework for the U.S. Department of Defence-Maldives Ministry of Defence: Defence and Security Relationship" in Philadelphia, USA. Signed by Minister of Defence, Mariya...
In recent times, the Indo-Pacific has become the largest geo-strategic cum political hotspot of the world. In terms of Cartographic Schematics, Indo-Pacific broadly covers the area between the western coast of the US and the eastern shores ...
On July 2020, the Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. The Act was approved by both the Philippines’ Senate and House of Representatives in February and June 2020 respectively. This new legislation w...
Indo-Pacific started as a vision by Japan, but soon after it, became a strategy when the United States adopted it. India took became a part of it and all these countries became the Quad. With the coming of Viet Nam, South Korea and New Zeal...
Papua New Guinea is an island country in the South-Western Pacific Ocean and is a part of Oceania. The country has around 600 islands, with its capital located at Port Moresby. It is just 100 miles away from the Australian mainland, but the...
In the document titled ‘Germany – Europe – Asia: shaping the 21st century together’( 72 pages document)outlined the new role that Germany envisaged for the European union. The country is the European Union (EU) chair and also one of th...
The end of Cold War led to emergence of new countries in the international realm and with it, there was a rise in the trans-national security challenges. These security challenges have continued to threaten the world order and are common fo...
In September 15, 2020, Israel has signed Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain which aims at normalising the relations between the three nations. These include security and scientific cooperation, direct flights, commercial activiti...
China-Myanmar bilateral relations are marked by the civilizational ties which are better known as the "Paukphaw" (fraternal) friendship. The bilateral ties have improved and both the countries look forward towards deepening the cooperation ...
As tensions escalate across the Indo-Pacific, the United States has seemingly initiated a renewed power plan for the region. Today, a majority of the tensions are concentrated around the South China Sea, where the US, China, Vietnam and the...
Afghanistan has been a battleground for many years. There have been intense battles of ideologies, powers, business and even in in the sphere of who helped in establishing a stable, peaceful order. Afghanistan’s strategic locations make it ...
