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  • Forecast 2016: Opportunities and Challenges for Southeast Asia
    Preet Malik.    ·   18 Mar, 2016    ·    #5001    ·    Commentary    
    Southeast Asia has always been of considerable geo-strategic importance with its sea frontiers straddling important sea-lanes connecting the oil rich Indian Ocean region to the strategically important Asia Pacific region. Of considerable signific ...
  • East Asia Compass
    Forecast 2016: East Asia on the Cusp
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra.    ·   22 Jan, 2016    ·    #4969    ·    Commentary    
    In his new year speech in 2016, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed willingness to have talks with South Korea but just a few days later, conducted North Korea's fourth round of nuclear tests. The inconsistency in North Korea’s poli ...
  • AIIB: Regional and Global Responses
    Madhura Balasubramaniam.    ·   21 Jan, 2016    ·    #4967    ·    Commentary    
    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) was formally inaugurated on 16 January 2016. The AIIB is a multilateral development bank envisaged to "promote interconnectivity and economic integration" in Asia. Headquartered in Beijing, ...
  • Indus-tan
    Forecast 2016: Another Year at the Crossroads for Pakistan
    Sushant Sareen.    ·   21 Jan, 2016    ·    #4966    ·    Commentary    
    Much like in all the previous 67 years of its existence, Pakistan finds itself on the crossroads even in the 68th year. The good things that happened in 2015 on the economic, security, diplomatic and political fronts are fragile and not irreversi ...
  • Japan in Northeast India: A Potential Boost for New Delhi’s ‘Act East Policy’
    Ateetmani Brar.    ·   18 Jan, 2016    ·    #4960    ·    Commentary    
    India’s northeastern states are strategically important and are endowed with reserves of a variety of natural resources such as uranium, coal, hydrocarbons, forests, oil, and gas. However, among the biggest challenges the region faces, is con ...
  • Maritime Matters
    Forecast 2016: Indian Ocean Politics and Security
    Vijay Sakhuja.    ·   15 Jan, 2016    ·    #4959    ·    Commentary    
    ‘Continuity and change’, ‘continuity and no change’ and ‘new challenges and opportunities’ are important formulations for any geopolitical and geostrategic forecasting. These help analysts to understand events to ...
  • Dateline Colombo
    China Prepares for a Modern War
    Asanga Abeyagoonasekera.    ·   18 Dec, 2015    ·    #4948    ·    Commentary    
    "Under the leadership of the Communist Party, our military has gone from small to big, from weak to strong, from victory to victory. On this road, reform and innovation steps have never stopped." President Xi Jinping In 1919, H ...
  • 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 ...
  • Looking East
    Myanmar: Democracy in Brakes
    Wasbir Hussain.    ·   06 Apr, 2015    ·    #4856    ·    Commentary    
    Signals emanating from Myanmar indicate the country’s semi-civilian government is pursuing democracy with the brakes on. The brutal crackdown of a student protest by the authorities in early March has once again brought the spotlight back on ...
  • Indian Ocean Region
    Australia-India-China: IOR Procurement Race for Submarines
    Stephen Westcott.    ·   24 Mar, 2015    ·    #4853    ·    Commentary    
    As most of the international community focuses on maritime events taking place in East Asia, the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has been witnessing its own naval arms race in recent years. Increasingly at the forefront of countries’ maritime procu ...
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