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  • US in Asia Pacific
    Southeast Asia: A Three-Pronged US Strategy
    Vivek Mishra.    ·   27 May, 2014    ·    #4465    ·    Commentary    
    The intertwined nature of the post-Cold War geopolitics that comprises economics and strategy, rise of a competitive-cum-aggressive China, and a regional involvement riveted on multilateralism has transformed the US’ role in the Southeast Asi ...
  • India and its Neighbourhood
    Foreign Policy Challenges for Modi
    Wasbir Hussain.    ·   22 May, 2014    ·    #4463    ·    Commentary    
    The massive mandate that Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi has managed to secure for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is certainly a verdict against the status quo in India. The buoyant stock market demonstrated the confidence of the bu ...
  • US in Asia Pacific
    Rebalancing: Implications of Japan’s Response
    Md Farijuddin Khan.    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4462    ·    Commentary    
    Unlike the US or other great powers that focus on maintaining the ideological status quo or promoting an alternative world order, Japan’s interests in advancing the rebalancing strategy mainly focuses on the Japanese foreign policy of surviva ...
  • South China Sea Dispute: China Unchallenged by ASEAN
    Samundeswari N.    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4460    ·    Commentary    
    The coincidence of the China-Vietnam tussle and the ASEAN Summit of 2014 re-focused discussions on the South China Sea dispute but failed to create a significant impact. The foreign ministers of the ASEAN countries issued a standalone declaration t ...
  • Uighur Unrest: Are China’s Policies Working?
    Rheanna Mathews.    ·   21 May, 2014    ·    #4459    ·    Commentary    
    The recent bomb and knife attack on 30 April at a railway station in Urumqi, China has refocused the world’s attention on the Uighurs and the unrest in China’s north-western Xinjiang province. The government has blamed “extremist ...
  • BCIM and BIMSTEC: Two Competing Initiatives for Northeast India?
    Leonora Juergens.    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4454    ·    Commentary    
    In June 2014, the second meeting of the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar (BCIM) forum for economic cooperation will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The idea of a BCIM economic corridor was primarily initiated by the 'Kunming Initiative' to esta ...
  • Will China ‘Rig’ the Indian Ocean?
    Shreya Upadhyay.    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4452    ·    Commentary    
    China’s deployment of the Haiyang Shiyou 981, a massive billion-dollar rig designed to drill oil, in the South China Sea (SCS), has sent a clear message to the region – Beijing will drill as and where it pleases.   Is China ...
  • China, the CUES, and Freedom of Navigation
    Vivek Mishra.    ·   20 May, 2014    ·    #4451    ·    Commentary    
    The issue of freedom of navigation in the Asia-Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea (SCS) and the East China Sea (ECS), has been a disputative one, involving narratives and counter-narratives of what constitutes a ‘code of conduct&rsq ...
  • Nuke Street
    Looking Up in North East Asia
    Sheel kant Sharma.    ·   19 May, 2014    ·    #4447    ·    Commentary    
    For weeks before President Obama’s visit to Seoul in April 2014 there were a series of reports, spurred by deliberate North Korean announcements, about an impending nuclear test. It has not happened so far, nor any missile test for that matte ...
  • US in Asia Pacific
    Rebalancing: Part of its Grand Strategy?
    Simi Mehta.    ·   16 May, 2014    ·    #4443    ·    Commentary    
    In order to bolster the role of the US in the Asia-Pacific, the Obama administration has identified the region as part of its geostrategic priority by announcing its ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy. The ‘pivot to Asia’ was announce ...
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