Written by Gokul Sahni
Bangladesh’s internal waterways provide immense opportunities for India for transportation of cargo - both goods and tourists - between India’s ‘mainland’ and its north-eastern states. The two ports of Mongla and Chattogam have been offered to India for transporting freight through Bangladesh.
Read MoreWritten by Shihui Yin
China considers its digital infrastructure in Southeast Asia as a core starting and focal point to export its AI-related technologies, technical standards and to access large pools of data to boost its AI industry.
Read MoreWritten by Gokul Sahni
Both the UAE and Singapore have looked past disadvantages of size and their neighbourhood to emerge as ‘smart powers’, with some even recognizing them as middle powers.
Read MoreWritten by Gida Malafonte
With the establishment of a comprehensive strategic partnership in 2016, China and Saudi Arabia have collaborated to enhance cooperation predominantly in the energy sector.
Read MoreWritten by John Pollock
Whilst China has invested heavily in asymmetric means to strike at American flattops through ballistic missiles and cyber, Beijing has not ignored the power and prestige awarded to nations that field aircraft carriers.
Read MoreWritten by Bertil Lintner
The question remains which China the Spratlys belong to and for how much longer Taipei will maintain the historical notion of being part of a country from which it was separated from in 1949.
Read MoreWritten by Yuan Zeng
While unprecedented in scale and scope, the expulsion of the 13 journalists is just the latest example of the press being attacked amid the escalating tensions between China and the US over COVID-19.
Read MoreWritten by Gokul Sahni
More significantly for India, all three countries will want their hard-earned gains to be preserved, which translates into support for the continuation of the rules-based international order which remains necessary for them to thrive.
Read MoreWritten by Tridivesh Singh Maini
While China has been trying to send out a message that BRI will not be impacted excessively, the ground realities could be different given a number of factors.
Read MoreWritten by Jyotsna Mehra
Last month, President Donald Trump made his first state visit to India when he flew to the country in the middle of a charged election campaign. Despite this obvious affirmation of New Delhi’s elevated status in Washington’s foreign policy calculations, the trip itself did not result in ‘pathbreaking’ deliverables.
Read MoreWritten by Simran Walia
India shares Japan’s interests in stability in the Indo-Pacific. The Abe administration has also conceptualized the mutuality of interests and shared responsibility that Tokyo and New Delhi have in securing regional sea lines of communication.
Read MoreWritten by Isaac Kfir
As the BRI gathers momentum and American foreign policy remains in flux, China’s advance into the region is likely to continue with Syria’s reconstruction at its forefront.
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