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East Asia
Japan and South Korea: Ominous Politicisation of History Textbooks
Rahul Raj. · 10 Dec, 2015 · #4942 · Commentary
The recent controversies in South Korea and Japan on the revisions of history textbooks have raised heated debates because of the criticism that the leaders of both countries are trying to rewrite important aspects of their nation's histories t ...
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East Asia Compass
China’s Maritime Assertiveness and Repercussions
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 07 Dec, 2015 · #4940 · Commentary
With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aggressive posturing in regional politics, Beijing appears to have moved beyond its old doctrine of‘hide-your-strength-bide-your-time’ and gradually trying to dominate the region. China has a co ...
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East Asia
China-Japan-South Korea: Takeaways from the Trilateral Summit
Ateetmani Brar. · 09 Nov, 2015 · #4931 · Commentary
On 01 November 2015, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye attended their sixth trilateral meeting, in Seoul, South Korea, This meeting came after a three-year hiatus that began in 2 ...
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East Asia Compass
China-Japan-South Korea: A New Beginning?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 02 Nov, 2015 · #4928 · Commentary
On 01 November 2015, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and South Korean President Park Geun-hye met for their sixth trilateral meeting in Seoul, South Korea. This meeting took place after an approximately three- ...
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East Asia Compass
India-Japan-US Trilateral: India’s Policy for the Indo-Pacific
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 05 Oct, 2015 · #4917 · Commentary
In an interesting first, the foreign ministers of India, Japan and the US had a trilateral dialogue on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on 29 September 2015. The foreign ministers underlined the strategic convergence of their interests in t ...
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East Asia Compass
China-South Korea Ties: Implications for the US Pivot to Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 08 Sep, 2015 · #4909 · Commentary
A Victory Day Parade in Beijing was organised on 3 September 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, in which one of the most important spectacles was the top leaders of China, Russia and South Korea waving together at ...
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China-Japan
China's ECS Oil Fields: Widening the Japan-China Gulf
Pranamita Baruah. · 17 Aug, 2015 · #4906 · Commentary
Japan and China have long been uneasy neighbours in East Asia due to their long drawn disputes over historical and territorial issues. Until 2010, their territorial dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands in the East China Sea was just a minor irri ...
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East Asia Compass
Many ‘Pivots to Asia’: What Does It Mean For Regional Stability?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 03 Aug, 2015 · #4903 · Commentary
The US President Barack Obama announced his new strategy for the Asia-Pacific - ‘pivot to Asia’ - in 2011. It was also called ‘strategic rebalancing’ which emphasised that the US was ‘here to stay’ to and it woul ...
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East Asia Compass
On the 10th Anniversary of the East Asian Summit
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 08 Jul, 2015 · #4897 · Commentary
In November 2015, the tenth anniversary of the East Asian Summit (EAS) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The last ten years of the EAS has been less than satisfactory in bringing together the 18 member countries on important issues of regiona ...
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US-China
China’s Wu-14: Racking Tensions in the South China Sea
Hugo Chene. · 22 Jun, 2015 · #4892 · Commentary
On 7 June 2015, China tested its supersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, the Wu-14, for the fourth time in less than 18 months. Beijing appears to be willing to expand its military capacity by quickly developing new military devices. The Wu-14 has bee ...
