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East Asia Compass
The Significance of Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi’s Taiwan Statement
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 20 Jan, 2026 · #5901 · Commentary
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s “ad-libbed” remark at the Lower House Budget Committee, while responding to the Constitutional Democratic Party (CDP) lawmaker Katsuya Okada, has made a lot of waves. She said that a Chinese military ex ...
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Identity Erasure and China’s Colonial Boarding Schools in Tibet
Janhavi Pande. · 05 Dec, 2025 · #5897 · Commentary
Tibet has seen sweeping ‘reforms’ in education since Xi Jinping’s rise to power in China. Besides fostering a general sense of legitimacy for the Communist Party among young Tibetans, Beijing is now looking to assimilate them into Chinese socie ...
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East Asia Compass
The Regional Fallout of Trumpian Chaos: APEC and East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 30 Sep, 2025 · #5895 · Commentary
The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) will meet in Gyeongju, South Korea, in late October 2025 to deliberate on “Building a Sustainable Tomorrow.” As per speculations, trade, innovation, sustainability, and digital transform ...
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East Asia Compass
Trump 2.0 and East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 31 Mar, 2025 · #5887 · Commentary
Trump 2.0’s seemingly unpredictable and disruptive policies and actions have caused visible anxiety in East Asia among both allies and rivals of the US. Trump has begun implementing a reciprocal tariff plan without any consideration for friends and ...
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US, China, EU, and the Geopolitics of the Energy Transition
Tapan Bharadwaj.. · 30 Aug, 2024 · #5880 · Commentary
The US and the EU have both recently announced punitive tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) and other clean energy equipment imports from China. Canada is set to follow suit. The West is clearly determined to challenge China's domination in clean ener ...
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East Asia Compass
The Dangers of China’s Approach to Peace Mediation
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 27 Aug, 2024 · #5879 · Commentary
China recently invited representatives from 14 Palestinian groups for reconciliation talks; the meeting was held on on 21-24 July in Beijing. These talks were meant to be for ‘peacemaking’ in West Asia. Participants signed a Beijing Declaration, ...
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Conflict Mediation with Chinese Characteristics: Evaluating Beijing’s Role as Peace-Broker
Fiona Raval. · 15 Jul, 2024 · #5878 · Commentary
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy recently identified China as one of the few global actors with enough power and influence to help terminate the war with Russia. China’s peace proposals have garnered attention even in the Israel-Gaza conflict. With it ...
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Why the Conflict in West Asia is Complicating India’s Maritime Security
Siddharth Anil Nair. · 25 Jan, 2024 · #5866 · Commentary
India’s
fundamental maritime security objective is to deter conflict and coercion
from the sea. Recent developments in its regional security environment have
created new complications in this pursuit. The conflict in West Asia has
extended into ...
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East Asia Compass
The Meaning of a Third DPP Presidency in Taiwan
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 24 Jan, 2024 · #5865 · Commentary
Taiwan’s
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te’s win in the recently
held presidential elections in Taiwan is indeed historic. This is the third consecutive victory of a DPP
candidate in a presidential election.
The
DPP ...
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Lost Bets: Rethinking India’s Myanmar Strategy
Fiona Raval. · 27 Dec, 2023 · #5863 · Commentary
The Tatmadaw usurped power in Myanmar through a coup in February 2021. In the two and a half years since, India has been tolerant of the junta and hasn’t yet interacted with the pro-democracy National Unity Government (NUG). Further, in taking ...
