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Emerging Structure of Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal
Commodore Somen Banerjee

.... Traditionally, security at sea has been theorised and interpreted rooted in traditional realist or liberalist theories. In the realist interpretation, the seas are the plains on which superpower, or regional power rivalry, takes place,...

May 11, 2018 Download
Tags: Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, Indian Ocean, Maritime Security, SAARC, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy
Overview of US-China Relations under the Trump Administration
Dr Teshu Singh

... US-China relations are being shaped by the assertive policies of Xi Jinping ... and the Trump administration’s view that the large trade deficit and security challenges in East Asia require a more proactive policy towards China .... being...

March 6, 2018 Download
Tags: China, East Asia, trade, US, US-China relations, Xi Jinping, International Relations and Diplomacy
Threat of Military Conflict on Korean Peninsula
Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

..... the latent possibilities of a conflict have now moved into the direction of a US-North Korea conflict. The increased pace of nuclear and missile testing under Kim Jong-un’s supremacy has sought to hasten North Korea’s surge of being able to...

February 13, 2018 Download
Tags: Kim Jong-un Regime, Korean Peninsula, North Korea, Songun Policy, US, US-North Korea conflict, International Relations and Diplomacy
North Korea: Unravelling the Hermit Kingdom
Varun Nambiar

North Korea has been the focus of increasing international interest of late. Much of it has been owing to its burgeoning nuclear weapons programme, which has been described by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as having entered a ‘new...

June 1, 2017 Download
Tags: Hermit Kingdom, International Atomic Energy Agency, North Korea, US, International Relations and Diplomacy
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