East Asia

China’s Zero-COVID U-Turn Lands the Country in Chaos: “Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don’t!”

For almost three years since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020, the international media consistently decried China’s zero-COVID strategy as “punishing”...

China’s Leaders: From Mao to Now -Book Review

A nation’s history can be told through various vantage points. Historical documents, native interviews, perspectives of foreign observers, newspaper reportage of major events, and...

Economic Corridor “China — Mongolia — Russia”: Infrastructure in Focus

With logistical flows redirected, Russia’s interest in the opportunities of east-bound transport routes, including transit via Mongolia to China and on to other destinations...

The Taiwan Conundrum

Geography plays an important role in the faith of nation then comes the leadership which steers that faith and great powers are those who...

Assessing China Amidst Global Power Shifts

The world is moving towards a global power shift. It is not necessary whether we accept or not. History never ends, nations and civilisations...

Xi’s Visit to Saudi Arabia: New Horizon of Cooperation

At a time when Washington’s relations with Riyadh appear to be deteriorating, Saudi Arabia and China have reiterated their collaboration on the global oil...

The Case for Taiwan’s de jure Independence

The history of Taiwan question is one of the most contested issues of the modern world’s geopolitical problems. Taiwan has been at the receiving...

Historical Issue of Comfort Women and How It Remains a Thorn in Japan – South Korea Relations

Japan and South Korea are the neighboring states who are just 50 kilometers apart from each other from Tsushima to Iki Island, separated by...

Challenges faced by Japan to become a permanent member of UNSC

Abstract: Through this report I will be addressing the challenges faced by Japan to become a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council....

Territorial Disputes Between Russia and Japan: Will They Ever End?

Russia and Japan have had a long history fraught with tensions over issues of power and domicile. The First Russo-Japanese war was fought from...

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