NEW DELHI: Malaysia’s Air Force scrambled jets and the Foreign Ministry summoned China’s envoy to explain an “intrusion” by 16 Air Force transport planes into its airspace. Malaysian Academic and Security Analyst Dr. Ahmad El-Muhammady explains the reactions after the Southeast Asian country’s military detected “suspicious” activity over the South China Sea, the strong diplomatic […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Vietnam has sent “another 1262 oxygen cylinders, 200 oxygen generators and 75 ventilators on an Indian Naval Ship from Ho Chi Minh city to Chennai,” Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau, Vietnam’s Envoy to India tells StratNews Global. Speaking to Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi, the Ambassador also talks about the Quad(Australia, Japan, India, U.S.) […]Read More
The loss of the Indonesian submarine KRI Nanggala with all hands in the Bali Sea last week, brings back uncomfortable memories in India. In August 2013, the Kilo class submarine Sindhurakshak sank in Mumbai Harbour after a blast on board that killed 18 crew members. In this conversation on The Gist, Anit Mukherjee of the […]Read More
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
New Delhi: On ‘Talking Point’ Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Japan’s former envoy to the U.S., WTO and UN and Ambassador Mohan Kumar, India’s lead negotiator first at the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) and then at the WTO (World Trade Organization) and ex-Ambassador to France and Bahrain in discussion with StratNews Global Associate Editor […]Read More
NEW DELHI: He has lived life king size, done what he wanted, without fuss. But Maha Vajiralongkorn now faces unprecedented public clamour for monarchical reform that would clip his powers. Any insult to Thai royals is a crime that is punishable by up to 15 years in jail but that has hardly deterred protesters from […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours yet their decision to connect via the sea — Andaman islands with Sabang port in Aceh province — is of recent origin, dating back two years. In this exclusive interview with StratNews Global Deputy Editor Parul Chandra, Indonesia’s ambassador to India Sidharto Suryodipuro, reflects on the strategic […]Read More
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