The audacious AUKUS submarine deal and Asia’s changing security landscape
In this exhaustive analysis, I try to spell out the impact and potential consequences of the recently-brokered submarine deal between the U.S., the U.K.,...
China’s “Two Sessions” and the return of one-man rule
In this essay, I try to demystify the recently concluded “Two Sessions” in China by giving a brief historical context, as the country slides...
Takeaways from the sixth Quad ministerial hosted by India
New Delhi was abuzz with two key diplomatic rendezvous taking place last week – the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Raisina Dialogue. On...
China’s position statement on Ukraine is nowhere near a “peace plan”
Here, I try to make sense of the recently put-out Chinese position statement on the Ukraine crisis and why it can hardly be seen...
An amicable reset of India-China ties hangs in the balance
After four years, a high-ranking diplomatic delegation from India travelled to China for the WMCC border talks. India is the host of two key...
Manila’s new bonhomie with Beijing does not obscure the contested geopolitical realities of the South China Sea
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping last week in Beijing. He is the first foreign leader hosted by China...
A review of popular unrest in China in light of the ongoing anti-lockdown protests
Late 1970s saw the Chinese people standing up to exercise their right to dissent for the first time since the foundation of the People’s...
Its summit time again in Southeast Asia, as tensions soar and differing views permeates the air
Southeast Asia is hosting three key regional and multilateral summits from November 10 to 19 – the ASEAN and related summits, the G-20 leaders’...
India and the multilateral challenge to countering terrorism
By hosting a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council’s Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) on 28and 29October 2022, a week after hosting the...
Looking back at India’s only military debacle, 60 years after
20 October 2022 marks sixty years since the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) of China launched a surprise attack on India, leading to a month-long...