Category : Asean

NEW DELHI: For an organisation committed to non-interference in each member’s internal affairs, a summit of some ASEAN leaders with Myanmar’s general Min Aung Hlaing in Jakarta is probably historic. Add to that consensus on five points was reached, according to various reports:  There will be immediate cessation of violence  All parties will begin a […]Read More

NEW DELHI: A day before Australian PM Scott Morrison let it out that he was looking forward to the first meeting of the heads of state of the Quad, India called for Vietnam’s active participation in the “Quad Plus” (an emerging arrangement that would also draw in New Zealand and South Korea). At a webinar […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Fifteen countries, including Australia and Japan that are members of the Quad, have signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). How does this impact the larger Indo-Pacific concerns and strategy? Will commitment to the Indo-Pacific gradually get diluted as other countries scramble to get on board the RCEP gravy train? Answers to these […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Fifteen Asian countries signed a trade deal on Sunday that has been eight years in the negotiation. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) brings together the 10-member Asean bloc, Japan, South Korea and China in a trading arrangement that sharply reduces tariffs for their goods, and establishes common rules for e-commerce and intellectual […]Read More