The contemporary international system is widely described as moving toward multipolarity, driven by the rise of China, Russia’s strategic assertiveness, and the growing influence of middle powers. Yet beneath these visible shifts, the insti...
For close to eighty years, the Middle Eastern geopolitical order was founded on consensus; a stiff, transactional order that simply traded Saudi Arabian oil for U.S. security guarantees. Yet in the pluralized world of 2026, this unipolar an...
Gone are those days when the major nations were forming friends or foes and fighting some of the most horrendous wars the world has seen. In this new era, states engage in fierce clash for resources, trade agreements, technological innovati...
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the epicentre of 21st century economic and strategic competition, where regionalism functions as a primary instrument of power projection and order-building. This paper examines the competing frameworks of re...
The start of bilateral exchanges between Japan and ASEAN can be traced back to the establishment of the Japan-ASEAN Synthetic Rubber Forum in 1973, and 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the start of these exchanges [1]. Since the 1973 dial...
In a remarkable and historic turn of events, the Camp David Trilateral Summit held on August 18, 2023, brought together the leaders of the United States, Japan, and South Korea to forge a new era of cooperation, unity, and shared objectives...
In February 2023, France, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced an ambitious new trilateral partnership aimed at collaborating on several areas, such as defence, technology, and energy. The foreign ministers of the three count...
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 ...
The 15th and 16th of September 2022 marked the 22nd annual summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The first physical meeting since the pandemic, this meeting bro...
The outbreak of COVID-19 exposed the over-reliance of Japanese companies upon China's manufacturing capacities. In the midst of a trade war between the US and China, the latter country is facing a huge blowback from its Asian trading partne...
India and Japan are adjusting their policies according to the changes in the greater Indo-Pacific, with the new geopolitical scenario in which China emerges as the primary source of threat for both the nations. India and Japan, both looking...
