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East Asia Compass
Park Geun-hye's Impeachment and South Korean Foreign Policy
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 04 Apr, 2017 · #5260 · Commentary
South Korean President Park Geun-hye was impeached by the National Assembly on 9 December 2016. There were thirteen charges against her; these included bribery, influence peddling, and dereliction of duty. On 10 March 2017, the Constitutional Court ...
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East Asia Compass
US Tactical Nukes in the Korean Peninsula?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 06 Mar, 2017 · #5242 · Commentary
On 4 March 2017, The New York Times reported that the US national security deputies discussed the option of redeploying tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula. The expressed purpose was to give North Korea a ‘dramatic warning’ ...
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The Future of US-Taiwan Relations Under China's Shadow
Namrata Hasija. · 13 Feb, 2017 · #5234 · Commentary
As soon as Donald Trump was elected as the president of the US, speculations from scholars came in quickly, especially on how global geopolitics would be reshaped. His phone conversation with Taiwan's President, Tsai Ing-wen, soon after his ele ...
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US Exit from the TPP: Opportunities and Alternatives for Japan
Chandrali Sarkar. · 09 Feb, 2017 · #5233 · Commentary
US President Donald Trump sounded the death knell
for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) by signing an executive order withdrawing
the country from the Partnership. This scenario is viewed as a setback not just
for the TPP but also as preventin ...
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East Asia Compass
Forecast 2017: East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 06 Feb, 2017 · #5232 · Commentary
Among others, at present, the East Asian theatre could be characterised by two key distinctions. First, with Donald Trump as the US president, regional politics is led by a squad of ‘aggressive’ leaders. The leadership in each East Asia ...
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India: Acting East after the End of the TPP
Roshan Iyer. · 31 Jan, 2017 · #5228 · Commentary
As the new US President Donald Trump signed his first set of executive orders on 23 January 2017, the world heard the final nail in (at least this iteration of) the Trans Pacific Partnership’s (TPP) coffin.
The proposed TPP would have ...
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East Asia Compass
Japan-China Contestation in 2017
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 10 Jan, 2017 · #5221 · Commentary
2017 is set to be a consequential year for East Asia in general and Japan-China contests in particular. Beijing and Tokyo's growing assertive postures would continue in 2017 and it is likely that the Japan-China contestation in the region would ...
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US Policy Orientation
Donald Trump and East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 05 Dec, 2016 · #5199 · Commentary
During the US elections, visualising Donald Trump as the next president was a daunting prospect. China, Japan, and South Korea wished for Hillary Clinton’s victory. Now, however, they have no choice but to accept and recalibrate their options ...
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Managing Differences is the Key to Sino-India Relations
Siwei Liu. · 14 Nov, 2016 · #5178 · Commentary
Close on the heels of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Hangzhou, China for the G20 meeting last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping made his second India visit to participate at the Brazil Russia India China and South Africa ...
