Written by Sana Hashmi
Whilst Taiwan has been proactive in engaging India, supplying medical supplies in the fight against COVID-19, India has been less ready to engage. Tsai’s re-election provides India with an opportunity to strengthen ties amid rising tensions with China.
Read MoreWritten by Prashant Kandpal
On December 11, 2019, the Indian Parliament passed Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which then became a law. This was for the first time in India that a religious criterion was added to the nation's naturalization process.
Read MoreWritten by Nichole Ballawar
In 1979, the United States ended formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan to strengthen ties with Beijing during the Cold War. But now the expansion of Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific has led the US to support Taiwan more openly.
Read MoreWritten by Vignesh Ram
A common ASEAN position (if it can be enforceable) with a Code of Conduct, will be important to avoid any future close confrontations such as the one between Malaysia and China. Time however is running out as Beijing continues to assert its power in the South China Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Lokman Karadag
China has not turned down the new diplomatic opportunities presented by COVID-19. Beijing has joined the struggle against the virus by sending millions of test kits, tons of masks, and medical experts to the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa.
Read MoreWritten by Khushnam P N
India is not a party to the disputes with China in the South China Sea and therefore will not seek any approach that may be percieved as ‘meddling’ by Beijing. The priority for India is to preserve the “Wuhan Consensus”.
Read MoreWritten by Akash Sahu
In the face of a COVID-19 inspired economic crisis, China is looking to boost ties with Indonesia. President Xi Jinping, has offered to maintain ‘close contact’ under the framework of the BRI, whilst also testing Indonesia’s sovereignty in the Natuna Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Santosh Ghimire
The opening by India of a Himalayan road to the Tibetan Autonomous Region of China, through Lipu Lekh has Nepali political elites, civil society, and ordinary people up arms. Despite close cultural ties, India and Nepal are increasingly at odds over the border.
Read MoreWritten by Yatharth Kachiar
In the last 18 years, India has nurtured a constituency of pro-democratic forces across age, gender, and ethnic groups in Afghanistan. It is time for New Delhi to rally behind these groups assertively, as NATO and the U.S. look set to withdraw.
Read MoreWritten by Melissa Conley Tyler and Pravin Silva
China’s return has profound implications for Australia. Australia’s security has long benefitted from its remoteness. This advantage would be threatened by the prospect of an ambitious power maintaining a military presence in the South Pacific.
Read MoreWritten by Gaurav Sen and Rahul Jaybhay
China's claim of the nine-dash line collides with the regional capabilities of multiple claiment states, many of which are growing and developed economies. A limited program of Anti-Access Area Denial (A2/AD) could deter Beijing in the East and South China Seas.
Read MoreWritten by Aneedrisha Hazarika
Since India enunciated the Look East policy, Singapore has become a crucial link to India’s approach to Southeast Asia. Singapore has been India's strongest supporter, advocating for India's entry as a player in the region’s multilateral dynamics.
Read MoreWritten by Dinesh Bhattarai
The resurgence of China and India as major powers brings immense opportunities but new dynamics to Nepal’s doorsteps. Nepal cannot choose between India and China and thus must walk a delicate path between the two most populous nations in the world.
Read MoreWritten by Chetan Rana
Since the early 1950s, Vietnam has recieved the diplomatic support of India, whether during the Vietnam War or the invasion of Cambodia. Now, with closer economic and defence ties, India may soon have to decide whether to support Hanoi in the South China Sea.
Read MoreWritten by Abishur Prakash
Could governments start forcing technology companies to program AI with local beliefs, political attitudes and traditions? If so, for the first time, ethics may define business success, especially in Asia.
Read MoreWritten by Kashoon Leeza
The rise of Hindutva nationalism in India is leading to a reciprocal Muslim nationalism in Pakistan. With both India and Pakistan playing the blame-game, while bolstering their own rhetoric, nationalist discourses are overtaking ties between South Asia’s nuclear armed rivals.
Read MoreWritten by Pooja Bhatt
Littoral nations suspect that even though China states that the purpose of research vessels in the Indian Ocean are purely scientific in nature, that these vessels could be gathering data to enhance Beijing’s maritime domain awareness in the region.
Read MoreWritten by Manali Kumar
South Asian countries must cooperate to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. However, SAARC is not the forum to broker such cooperation. There are few good examples of SAARC cooperation in the 35 years of the organization’s existence.
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