The depletion of the country's foreign exchange reserves will increase external sector vulnerabilities. The euphoria that was generated by the large increase in these reserves over the past few years has started to fade. The factors that co...
Several Southeast Asian countries have started to address the energy crisis by developing clean energy transition plans. Although they were initially regarded as slow starters in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they ha...
The IPEF was launched on May 23, 2022 jointly by US and other countries of Indo Pacific region. It was initially composed of 14 founding member nations. Fiji was the first South Pacific Island nation to join the group. The invitation to oth...
The rising debt levels in South Asian countries are concerning and can trigger a debt crisis in the region. The countries Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Myanmar are facing sovereign debt crises. Sri Lanka is a country that had faced d...
Many South Asian countries are currently experiencing an economic crisis. The economies of Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal have been facing severe trouble. The number of South Asian economies in turmoil only increases if we inclu...
After a military takeover, Myanmar is on the verge of collapse. Following the military coup, there has been bloodshed and instability, and the nation is also severely suffering from COVID-19 and the ensuing economic catastrophe. Former Stat...
In 2012, Thailand proposed an initiative for sustainable development of the Lancang-Mekong Sub-region. This initiative was welcomed by China. In 2014, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the 17th China-ASEAN Summit proposed the establishment of t...
The Prime Ministers of India, Japan, and Australia, as well as the US President, launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) on May 24, a day before the Quad leaders' second in-person Summit in Tokyo, with Indonesia, South Korea, Ma...
The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean on earth, covering about 20 per cent of the earth's water surface. It expands to South Asia in the north, Africa and Arabia in the west, South East Asia and Australia in the east, and Antarctica t...
The National Crime Records Bureau of India is the nodal agency for collecting and publishing the data related to crimes in the country. The Intelligence and Security agencies of the government keep a close watch on the entire chain of illeg...
The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has 50 diesel submarines and 6 nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) 4 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). Modernizing the PLAN’s submarines remains a high priority for the PRC. ...
The First Mekong-Japan SDGs Forum meeting was held on 20 December 2021 and this was attended by countries like Japan, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
