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Evaluating US-Japan-South Korea Camp David Summit
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Introduction
During the Group of Seven (G-7) summit hosted by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at his home city of Hiroshima on 21 May, US President Joe Biden announced that he will host the first stand alone trilateral summit betwe....

August 22, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Indo-Pacific , South China Sea , NATO , Taiwan Straits , trilateral , Camp David summit , duty to consult , China’s reservation , institutional architecture , Joint statement
Fumio Kishida’s Five-nation Tour: An Assessment
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

After adopting a path-breaking measure to rearm Japan in December 2022 in the wake of North Korean threat and China’s belligerence, Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida undertook a six-day, five nation tour starting with 8 January 2023 that took ....

February 02, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Taiwan Straits , Fumio Kishida , NPT Review Conference , Defense build-up , G-7 summit , Reciprocal Access Agreement , Indo-Pacific paradigm
Global Development Initiative and Global Security Initiative: China’s New Approach to Global Governance
Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Post-the Belt and Road Initiative, which was a flagship Chinese program launched by President Xi Jinping that amalgamated Chinese geoeconomic and geostrategic initiatives, we have seen two new initiatives being announced in the last two years. In thi....

November 03, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , India , BRI , Podcast , Taiwan Straits , GDI , GSI , Ukrain Conflict
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
China: Daily Scan, May 11, 2022

Xi sums up experience from CYLC successes: Xinhuanet
May 10, 2022
The Party's leadership, firm beliefs and convictions, devotion to national rejuvenation, and its deep roots in the country's young people are key to the past and ....

May 11, 2022 Russia , Australia , Sri Lanka , BRICS , Beijing , WHO , Covid , Shanghai , China Daily Digest , Xinjiang , Taiwan Straits
Taiwan Needs World’s Support to Defend its Sovereignty
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

Like the South China Sea, the Taiwan Straits is another flashpoint in the Indo-Pacific region. Both have the China factor where it is flexing its military muscle. While in the South China Sea, it is in conflict with some other Asian countries which m....

July 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , South China Sea , BRI , Joe Biden , Mao Zedong , Taiwan Straits , THAAD , Peter Dutton , flashpoint , ‘One-China Policy’ , Chang Kai-shek , TAEPIE Act , A2/AD capabilities , Pacific Command , Aegis Ashore.
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
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