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‘Rethinking the Hub and Spoke’ Approach to East Asian security Can be Central to Taiwan’s Defense: Expert
Sasha Bonafede Chhabra (陳博樂) is an internationally recognized expert on Chinese foreign policy, Taiwanese politics, and human rights. He has lived, worked, and studied in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and holds degrees from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and the London School of Economics. A political analyst and commentator, he writes for a…
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Kabul to Khulna, Sleepwalking With HOPE
By Priyajit Debsarkar August is a historic month in Afghanistan, from the fall of Kabul to that of Sheikh Hasina, days of uncertainty not only for Bangladesh but beyond. The West has learned the hard way that the narrative peddled by the deep state of Pakistan to differentiate self-inflicted and premeditated terror attacks. Gresham’s law,…
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Bangladesh Between the Ditch and Deep Blue Bay
By Priyajit Debsarkar On 12th February, 2026 the country is gearing up for fresh general elections and a national constitutional referendum on the July Charter. The Monsoon uprising forced elected Prime Minister now in exile Sheikh Hasina to depart and Peace Noble Laureate, Economist Professor Dr Muhamad Yunis to lead the county since 5th August…
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Future of Indian Labor Mobility in the Indo-Pacific Countries
Emerging cases, LABOR mobility cooperation and implications for enhanced regional cooperation By Pooran Chandra Pandey Labor mobility broadly refers to the ease with which labor force are able to move around within an economy and between different nations. It is an important factor in the study of economics because it looks at how labor, one of…
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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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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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Cemented Lower Outlet Gates of Salal Hydroelectric Power Project and the Day Water Stopped in Chenab
During Jammu floods India shared river water information with Pakistani diplomats and not with the designated engineers as was done earlier under the treaty. This was a humanitarian gesture. By Venus Upadhayaya After India suspended its participation from the Indus Water Treaty on April 23, media the world over reported about India temporarily stopping the…
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