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India-Taiwan can Build a More Stable, Diversified Semicon Global Supply Chain in Next 5-years: Industry Leader
Manik Kumar is currently based in Hsinchu, Taiwan and is working as the Vice President – India Operations at Hua E Precision Ltd (Group). He’s also serving as the Associate Director for the ELCINA Taiwan Desk, the liaison office established by the Electronic Industries Association of India (ELCINA) to build closer partnerships between the Semiconductor / electronics industries…
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How Maritime Commerce Impacts the Geo-politics in the Wider Indo-Pacific Region
By Vaibhav Agrawal If someone would have stepped aboard a merchant vessel bound for Singapore in the late 1980s, the sea back then would have felt like open space where the laws of commerce and navigation seemed settled. Over the decades, we have witnessed that sense slip away evidently. The waterways of the Indo-Pacific are…
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Taiwan’s Geopolitical Tightrope: How Domestic Politics Shapes the Island’s Future Amidst Great Power Competition
By Dr. Nishakant Ojha The Unenviable Geopolitical Position-Taiwan stands at a pivotal moment in modern history, delicately balancing its vibrant democracy against the mounting pressures of great power rivalry. In 2025, the island finds itself in a paradoxical situation internally stable, economically dynamic, and globally significant, yet constantly threatened by external coercion from across the…
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Why is Taiwan Seeking a Free Trade Agreement with India?
By Aditya Shrivastava/The Indo-Pacific Politics India-Taiwan relations have steadily matured since the mid-1990s, marked by economic engagement, pragmatic collaboration, and quiet diplomacy amid the One-China policy constraints. While India does not formally recognize Taiwan diplomatically, both sides maintain representative offices the India-Taipei Association in Taipei and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Center in New Delhi…
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How Can India Design Future Security for its Trade Routes Around Taiwan?
By Vaibhav Agrawal The strategic logic is simple but uncomfortable that Taiwan sits astride flows of unusually high economic density, and the consequence of instability there is not a localized hiccup but a systemic shock to global supply chains. I have watched consignments of precision electronics move through these watercourses with the same care one…
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India has a role to play in the emerging strategic triad between Japan, Taiwan and Philippines: Expert
There’s an existing discussion on the growing triad between the US, Philippines and Japan but at the backdrop of it is the strategic triangle between Japan, Taiwan and Philippines. In fact the latter runs like an underlying thread through the former because while the tensions across the Taiwan strait are popularly looked at from the…
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‘Taiwan represents the single most sensitive junction in the Indo-Pacific maritime order’: Maritime Lawyer
The consequences of instability in Indo-Pacific waters manifest directly into the Indian economy and the factory floor. Vaibhav Agrawal is a maritime and logistics legal professional specialising in high-value cross-border shipping, finance, and compliance. His practice covers sanctions compliance, multimodal transport disputes and cargo claims under arbitral frameworks. As a former defence editor, he brings…
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Expert Talks: Why is Taiwan Important for India in 2025?
Jabin T. Jacob is an Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, and the Director of the Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR. He was formerly Fellow and Assistant Director at the Institute of Chinese Studies. He holds a PhD in Chinese Studies from the School of International…
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There Are ‘Competing Visions of the Rules-Based Order’ in the Indo-Pacific: Author
Gaurav Sen is an international relations scholar and analyst specializing in the Indo-Pacific, strategic affairs, and Taiwan. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and also teaches at the University of Delhi. He has contributed to leading think tanks, including to the Indo-Pacific Studies Centre…
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Taiwan Must Reaffirm its ‘Importance to the U.S.’ while Remaining Committed to its National Security: Author
J. Michael Cole (寇謐將) is a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Global Taiwan Institute, a Senior Fellow at the University of Nottingham, UK and a Research Fellow at the Prospect Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan. He’s the author of the just released book, The Taiwan Tinderbox. ASEAN Wonk, a publication with…