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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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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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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the Future of Japanese Politics
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 24 Oct, 2024 · #5881 · Commentary
In Japan’s post-Shinzo Abe era, the old days of frequent changes in top leaders appears to have arrived again. This will have implications for the country’s domestic as well as its foreign policy. Japan needs continuity and credibility in its top ...
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North Korea-Japan Talks and Pyongyang’s Creative Diplomacy
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 14 Mar, 2024 · #5871 · Commentary
North Korea sometimes makes strange gestures that force others to speculate about the intent. In one such move, Pyongyang, which has so far refused to engage in talks with the US and South Korea, suddenly expressed interest in a summit meeting with J ...
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Kishida-Xi Meeting: A Move to Reduce Frictions?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 12 Dec, 2023 · #5862 · Commentary
At the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco in November, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and President Xi Jinping of China held a sixty-five minute long meeting. Although the meeting didn’t sugges ...
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US, Japan, and South Korea at Camp David: The Implications of Trilateral Summitry
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 18 Aug, 2023 · #5858 · Commentary
The trilateral meeting between US President Joe Biden,
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol,
at Camp David on 18 August 2023, is being considered “historic.” It is the first standalone summit between t ...
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South Korea-Japan Rapprochement: A Net Positive for Bilateral Relations and Regional Stability
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 05 May, 2023 · #5847 · Commentary
South Korea, Japan,
and the US appear to be strengthening their trilateral ties, and the main
catalyst of this possibility is South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who initiated
a diplomatic move in this direction by visiting
Japan on 16 March 20 ...
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The Importance of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida’s Visit to India
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 27 Mar, 2023 · #5844 · Commentary
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida’s sudden trip to India on 20, 21 March 2023 was an out-of-turn visit as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to go
to Japan first. Kishida’s visit is being seen as compensating for the absence
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Shinzo Abe: Architect of a New Japan and the Indo-Pacific
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra. · 19 Jul, 2022 · #5824 · Commentary
As a leader, Shinzo Abe elicited extreme emotions in Japan and across
the world. During his lifetime, there were people who loved him for being Japan’s saviour and a bulwark
against China’s assertiveness. There were others who despised him for ...
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Climate Resilience and the Quad
Akash Ramnath. · 30 Jun, 2022 · #5821 · Commentary
Members of the Quad met in Tokyo in May this
year to discuss the most urgent matters impacting Indo-Pacific security, namely
China's regional growth and the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, c ...
