Asia-Pacific
Misfiring Countermeasures and the Impact of Declining Deterrence
Unsolved security dilemmas and fragility in confidence building measures and conflict prevention architecture will continue to herald a new phase of risky ambiguity and...
From Moon’s Engagement to Yoon’s Harsh Rhetoric: A New Era on Korean Peninsula
Yoon Suk-yeol won the Presidential election held in South Korea in March 2022. Yoon took office at a time (May 10, 2022) when North...
China’s Stringent Lockdowns: The Economic Ramifications
The stringent lockdown imposed in Shanghai, and other Chinese cities, to prevent the spread of Covid-19 has severely dented the Chinese economy. While China...
Receding Democracy in Hong Kong, Who Is To Be Blamed
It has been a month since the local legislative election took place in Hong Kong. Months before the election, Beijing’s National People’s Congress passed...
The Downward Slide in Australia-China Ties
The leader of Australia’s main opposition party, the center-left Australian Labor Party, Anthony Albanese recently said that even if his party was voted to...
Should Kim Jong Un Suddenly Exit His Reign, It Would Spell the End of the DPRK
There is the distinct possibility that Kim Jong Un may suddenly end his reign as a result of his tumultuous health. This risk has...
China-US ties: Realities vs Rhetoric
Former Chinese Ambassador to the US, Cui Tiankai while speaking last month at a symposium organized by a research institute linked to the Chinese...
US-China Cold War and Its Impact on the Global Economic Landscape in 2022
The Biden administration announced on Dec. 16, 2021, that it had imposed sanctions on Chinese tech companies and government entities for their role in...
Is Japan Hospitable to Foreign Workers Sustaining the Country’s Basic Industry?
Agriculture in Japan is the most aged industry in one of the world’s most aged economies. Strikingly, the average age of the country’s 1.3...
Cold Case of Nanjing Tragedy
Nanjing massacre refers to mass killings, acts of sexual violence and forced experiments to which the peaceful Chinese population was subjected by the Japanese invaders in 1937.
India-Russia Relations Amid Global Geopolitical Flux
Putin’s visit to India comes at a time when the world is in a flux due to increasing polarization and complex global geopolitical rivalry.
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Middle East and Africa
The Complexities of the Iran-China-Russia Triangle
Most strategic commentators view Iran as an integral component...
Central Asia
Renewed Alliances: A Trans-Caspian “Middle Corridor” Brings Kazakhstan Closer to Turkey
Due to the global preoccupation with Russia's war against...
South Asia
Rohingya Camps Near the Border — a New Source of Insecurity?
The bordering area at the strategically southern part of...
Security
Mega Projects of Bangladesh: Major Stakeholders, Future Directions
Since its fifty years landmark of independence, Bangladesh is...