On 15 April 2023, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Vietnamese PM Phan Minh Chinh and other high-ranking government officials in Vietnam thanking him for the decade-long success of the US-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership. H...
The McMahon Line divides India's northeast region from China's Tibetan region. It was proposed by Henry McMahon, a colonial administrator for the British, during the Shimla Accord talks between the Chinese and British governments in 1914. T...
The United States and Japan share a long-standing and robust bilateral relationship based on shared values, strategic interests, and economic ties. The partnership between the two countries has strengthened over the years and encompasses a ...
In 2014, the Philippines and the US signed an agreement that allowed the US to build facilities on the country's military bases. The alliance between the nations is driven by threats. As China's power has increased, the relationship between...
Japan launched its most significant military buildup since World War II earlier this month, with a $320 billion plan to acquire missiles capable of countering its regional threats and prepare it for any kind of long-term battle. The regiona...
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe unveiled a strategic framework for a free and open Indo-Pacific in 2016 which since 2017 has been propagated as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. With Southeast Asia being at the heart...
The Invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, took many by surprise. Russia originating from this invasion is part of an effort to prevent the expansion of power carried out by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Russia later sta...
Shinzo Abe, the recently assassinated former Japanese Prime Minister, is remembered for his astute leadership and had many impeccable achievements to his legacy. One among those was to kickstart the Japanese military modernization and upgra...
In the present international order, territorial conflicts are becoming increasingly common. Every day, we hear about territorial disputes between states. These disputes are not confined to control of land, but also control of the water, as ...
The United States and a large portion of the rest of the world have regarded Asia too crudely for centuries—as a theatre of strategic rivalry. Allies and partners of the United States from all over the world have an interest in how the Indo...
The 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper presented Australia with bilateral security cooperation, free trade, and transnational ties. It made clear that globalization has created a world with more interdependence. However, these connections were...
During a three-day visit to Vietnam, India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and his counterpart in the Vietnamese government General Phan Van Giang signed the Joint Vision Statement on India-Vietnam Defence Partnership towards 2030. This...
