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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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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…
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‘Taiwan Represents a Version of Chinese Culture that Preserved Freedom of Thought, Creativity, and Belief’: Author
Kay Rubacek is an author, filmmaker, and human value advocate with over 25 years of experience in media and communications. She is the author of Who Are China’s Walking Dead? (published in India as Socialist Diplomacy, Grim Realities of Contemporary China) and the newly released Chinese Dragons: The Mythical Creature Art Book. Her award-winning documentaries Finding Courage and Hard to Believe have exposed human…
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‘Wait and See How India Negotiate with US’: Dhaka Expert
Tanbirul Islam is a geo-economic analyst based out of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He worked closely with the Nobel Peace Laureate and the current Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, at the Yunus Centre, a think tank established by Yunus in 2006 to work on poverty alleviation and sustainability. Tanbirul possesses extensive expertise in politics, investment,…
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Part 3: The Historical Linkage Between Korea, China and Taiwan
By Roger Chifeng Liu The first can be read here: Part 1: The Historical Linkage Between Korea, China and Taiwan The second can be read here: Part 2: The Historical Linkage Between Korea, China and Taiwan (From Yeongjo Annals of the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty) Third month, day 2: The king received the grand councilors…
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Part 2: Historical Linkage Between Korea, China and Taiwan
By Roger Chifeng Liu The first can be read here: Part 1: The Historical Linkage Between Korea, China and Taiwan What follows is a modern-Chinese rendering of royal–ministerial conversations preserved in the Yeongjo Annals of the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty. Third month, day 1 (ji-you): The king convened Confucian scholars to read “The…
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