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The Significance of the Australia -Japan Defence Agreement
Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Australia and Japan signed a new defence agreement on 6 January 2022, which both PM Scott Morrison and PM Fumio Kishida hailed as a landmark. The Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) is Japan’s second such Agreement with any country, after treaty ally....

January 08, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , US , China , Australia , Japan , Self-Defense Forces , AUKUS , RAA
China: Daily Scan, December 24, 2021

China calls for joint efforts to combat terrorism: Xinhuanet
December 23, 2021
The international community should strengthen solidarity and join hands in fighting terrorism, a senior Chinese diplomat said. The lessons of the boo....

December 24, 2021 Terrorism , Japan , South Asia , Beijing , Big Tech , Shanghai , Olympics , China Daily Digest , maglev
China: Daily Scan, December 17, 2021

Xi meets with role models for building peaceful China
December 16, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday afternoon met with representatives of a meeting commending role models in implementing the country's Peaceful China ....

December 17, 2021 Nepal , Afghanistan , Xi Jinping , Japan , Beijing , China Daily Digest , J-15 , Haikou
China: Daily Scan, November 26, 2021

Political, legal workers urged to follow guiding principles of key CPC plenum: Xinhuanet
November 26, 2021
A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Thursday urged political and legal workers nationwide to study....

November 26, 2021 Africa , Japan , Beijing , Olympics , China Daily Digest , Baidu , Interpol
A Critical Assessment of the Quad from an Indian Perspective
Amruta Karambelkar Commentary

Few foreign policy matters generate opinions as polarising as over the Quad. The prime point of difference is over what the Quad ought to do, and whether it should be militarised or not. These concerns are fair on its own but it misses forest for th....

November 26, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , US , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Australia , Japan , Cyber-security , Critical Technology
China: Daily Scan, November 18, 2021

Chinese premier pledges to unswervingly expand opening-up: Xinhuanet
November 17, 2021
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said that China will unswervingly expand its opening-up and create a business environment that is market-orientate....

November 18, 2021 US , BRICS , Japan , Philippines , China Daily Digest , 996
China: Daily Scan, October 28, 2021

White paper lists China's achievements in responding to climate change: Xinhuanet October 27, 2021
Significant changes have taken place in China as the country responds to climate change, according to a white paper released Wednesday by ....

October 28, 2021 Afghanistan , Climate Change , Taiwan , Japan , Hong Kong , China Daily Digest , Hurun
Fumio Kishida’s Priorities and India-Japan Relations
Dr Anil Rawat Article

On 29th September 2021 when Fumio Kishida emerged as the winner in a struggle for party leadership the issue of next Prime Ministership of Japan was unequivocally settled. The election was necessitated by Yoshihide Suga’s announcement to step down ....

October 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , India , Indo-Pacific , Japan , Covid 19 , Olympics , Kishida , Priorities
War, Olympics and Nationalism
Dr Anil Rawat Article

Finally the Tokyo Olympics 2020 are off to a grand start with a spectacular show of opening ceremony that lasted for three hours as the grandest show on earth that the human history has ever seen. Since then the event has been a centerpiece of televi....

July 26, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Japan , COVID-19 , Tokyo Olympics , Kyokujitsu-ki , Waka , Chinese
Role of India and Japan in the Myanmar Crisis
Akash Sahu Commentary

The ousted leaders from National League for Democracy (NLD) party in Myanmar have formed a shadow ‘National Unity Government’ (NUG) to challenge the military or the ‘Tatmadaw’ which came to power through a coup in Feb, 2021. Many analysts pre....

July 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Myanmar , Commentary , India , China , Indo-Pacific , Myanmar , QUAD , Japan , Security , Negotiations
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