Articles

China’s Military Planes Pass through the ADIZ of Taiwan and its Implications

Since last year China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has been sending aircrafts to pass through the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) of Taiwan. As of early October of this year, there have been more than 600 sorties of intrusi....

October 09, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , China , South China Sea , ADIZ , middle line , PLAF , Strait

A Perspective on the Senkaku Islands Dispute

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The dispute over the Senkaku/ Diaoyu Islands comprising five uninhabited islands and three rocks totalling seven square kilometres in the East China Sea is often understated as a simple sovereignty dispute or a resource conflict. It may, in fact, be ....

September 04, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Southwestern Wall Defense , Uotsuri Island , ADIZ , SDF , PAFMM , UNECAFE , Okinawa Trough , Bilateral Fisheries Agreement , F35 , aircraft carrier