Articles

Taiwan Strait

NATO’s Outreach into the Indo-Pacific – Part I

Introduction

In the great power contestation with the United States and China as the main two protagonists with satellite powers either endorsing stance or outright standing behind either of the two has turned global politics upside down.....

July 19, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Taiwan Strait , SDF , Pacifist Constitution , Shangri-La security summit , ITPP

Escalation of Conflict Feared after Tsai’s Visit to the US

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Taiwan issue again entered a new geopolitical churn when Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met the US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California on 5 April 2023, provoking Beijing to issue a sharp rebuke. This was the highest-profile meeting of an....

April 17, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , Taiwan Strait , military drills , international politics and diplomacy , war games , threat to use force , Japan’ concern , ASEAN’s dilemma

Rising Tensions in Taiwan Strait

Jayadeva Ranade Article

As January 2024 -- the date for Taiwan's national elections -- draws closer, it is certain that China will be a factor in the elections. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's stop-overs in New York and Los Angeles and meeting with US House Majority Leader ....

April 13, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , Xi Jinping , CCP , DPP , Beijing , PLAAF , Tsai Ing-wen , US Navy , Taiwan Strait , PLAN , KMT , Gen He Weidong

Trilateral Web Conference on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific"

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a trilateral webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals and the Prospect Foundation on 29 September 2022 on "Emerging Strategic Environment in the Indo-Pacific". After initial remarks ....

January 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Conferences , South China Sea , India-China Border , Taiwan Strait , East China Sea , National Fundamentals , US-led Freedom

Japan upgrades its Defence and Security Posture

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction

In a dramatic departure to Japan’s exclusively defensive posture embodied in the pacifist post-War Constitution of Japan, the Fumio Kishida administration effectively abandoned on 16 December 2022 when it passed ammendments....

January 04, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , South China Sea , National Security Strategy , Taiwan Strait , opinion polls , regional peace and stability , Increased defence spending , missile firings , security burden sharing , NISA , peace clause

Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan takes the Island Nation to International Limelight

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

In the wake of escalating tensions between the US and China that started over trade issues and further complicated by the Covid-19, the Taiwan issue has emerged as a caucus belli for a possible conflagration, which if not controlled with deft diploma....

August 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , US , Article , Sabre-rattling , Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan Strait , One-China policy , military drills , Nancy Pelosi , economic reprisals , security vulnerability

Japan’s Defence White Paper 2021: China Riled by Mention of Taiwan Strait

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

On 13 July 2021, Japan issued the 2021 Defense White Paper. One significant mention for the first time is the need to maintain stability in the Taiwan Strait, which is threatened by increasing Chinese military incursions on the Taiwanese waters. The ....

July 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , COVID-19 , Taiwan Strait , Abe Shinzo , One-China policy , Senkaku , Suga Yoshihide , Defense White Paper , Kishi Nobuo , Self Defense Forces , Baushuan Ger

Significance of Blinken’s and Austin’s Visits to Seoul and Tokyo

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

No sooner than the first virtual summit of the four Quad leaders discussed the regional issues and underlined the importance of rules of law and free and open Indo-Pacific, the Joe Biden administration sent his Secretary of State Antony Blinken and D....

March 22, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , Indo-Pacific , QUAD , Climate Change , summits , Military Exercises , Taiwan Strait , East and South China Sea , North Korea’s nuclear issue , 2+2 talks , comfort women issue , burden-sharing , institutional mechanism , weaponisation , island-building , China’s new Coast Guard Law , fishing vessels.

US Augments Military Bases, Revitalizes Lilly Pads and Pushes for Visiting Forces Agreements in the Pacific Ocean

Dr Vijay Sakhuja Article

Earlier this month, on 1st July, 350 paratroopers from the US 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne) parachuted onto Guam to test their ability to “execute real-world missions” and demonstrate that they could be deployed “anywhere in the U....

July 10, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Article , South China Sea , Guam , Hawaii , Taiwan Strait , Bashi Channel , Wake Island , Tinian Island , Pagan Island , Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz , Lilly Pads in Pacific Ocean , Visiting Forces Agreement