Articles

Japan-Australia Sign “landmark” Security Pact

Introduction

Amid plummeting popularity at home after deciding to host the controversial state funeral for the slain former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo fully with tax payer’s money, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to stem t....

October 27, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Senkaku Islands , South and East China Seas , LNG , Rare Earth , resource trade , landmark security pact , defence expenditure , declaration on security cooperation

Kishida Needs to Explain Japan’s Nuclear Future – Part II

Prof Rajaram Panda Commentary

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s tasks are cut out. He has to navigate between his anti-nuclear position as a native of Hiroshima and adopting a pragmatic approach on the country’s security. When he addressed the NPT Review Conference in New York, ....

August 16, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , Senkaku Islands , Taiwan Straits , abduction issue , Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park , TPNW , Kurile Islands , NPDI , Nuclear and disarmament issues

America’s Diplomatic Boycott Policy for Beijing Olympics

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No bigger international sport event than the Olympics escaped from the impact of the on-going pandemic when the global event scheduled to be held in Tokyo in 2020 was postponed for a year and finally held in 2021 amid plenty of protocols in place and....

January 18, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , China , Article , Xi Jinping , Senkaku Islands , IOC , Winter Olympics , Fumio Kishida , boycott , Pyeongchang , Olympic truce , political manipulation

Vietnam PM in Japan: Major Take Aways

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh paid a 4-day official visit from 22 to 25 November to Japan to have discussion with his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida on furthering economic and security cooperation between Japan and Vietnam. Chinh ....

December 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , Cyber-security , Coronavirus , Supply chains , Senkaku Islands , East China Sea , Pham Minh Chinh , Fumio Kishida , ODA

The 8th ADMM Plus Meeting: Major Takeaways

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

The 15th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting (ADMM) and the 8th ASEAN Plus Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM+) was hosted by this year’s ASEAN Chair Brunei Darussalam from 15-16 June, wherein a number of conceptual documents ....

June 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Rajnath Singh , ASEAN , South China Sea , FATF , Maritime Security , UNCLOS , Senkaku Islands , Yoshihide Suga , EEZ , ADMM+ , “full acess” , freedom of navigation and over-flight

China’s Military Space Strategy

Pushpinder Bath Article

General

While the visible elements of China’s space programme include its launch vehicles, launch sites, satellite systems and Anti-Satellite (ASAT) tests, its military space strategy has never been enunciated through any official docume....

June 15, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Senkaku Islands , Anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons , Scarborough Shoal , Gaofen , Informatized warfare , Intelligentized warfare , Integrated Network Electronic Warfare (INEW) , Haiyang , Anti-Access Area Denial (A2AD) , Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) , Co-Orbital Satellites , Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)

Explained: Suga-Biden Summit - Strengthening Alliance

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga was the first foreign leader to travel to the US on 16 April in this time of pandemic to meet the US President Joe Biden. This was also Suga’s first visit to the US as Prime Minister though he had earlier vis....

April 26, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , South China Sea , Joe Biden , Senkaku Islands , Yoshihide Suga , pandemics , Taiwan Straits , flash point , Muslim Uighurs , Self-Defense Forces , summit meeting

Leadership Transition in Japan and its Implications

Amb Deepa Gopalan Wadhwa Commentary

Japan swore in a new Prime Minister, Mr. Yoshihide Suga, on September 16, 2020. The leadership change came about due to the unexpected decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step down a year before time citing ill health, ending a consecutive 8-yea....

September 28, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , India , China , QUAD , shinzo abe , Covid , GDP , Senkaku Islands , LDP , US Japan Alliance , Yoshishide Suga

Beijing’s New National Security Law: What it means for Hong Kong?

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

A resurgent China seeking a pie in every corner in the world has chosen to pursue a ruthless policy of expanding its global footprint by cajoling, coercion, policy of economic domination (read BRI), infringing on another country’s territorial sover....

July 14, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Donald Trump , Xi Jinping , Taiwan , Senkaku Islands , New national security law , Basic Law , mini-constitution , Antony Dapiran , The Hague , Mike Pompeo , Emmanuel Macron , Abe Shinzo , Carrie Lam , Xiao Jianhua , Lee Bo , Simon Chesterman

The Future of China-Japan Relations

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The China-Japan Bilateral Relationship has had an enduring impact on international relations. Usually territorial disputes, conflicting political interactions, anticipated military conflicts are all associated with reduced trade flows and states with....

June 25, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Banking , United States , Supply chains , Abe-Xi Summit , Senkaku Islands , Southwestern Wall Defense , Pinghu Oil and Gas Field