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  • Part 3: Migrant Labour in Taiwan, Indo-Pacific Geopolitics and the Many Shades of India-Taiwan Ties with the Director of Prospect Foundation

    Dr. I-Chung Lai (賴怡忠), a senior policy maker and a Taiwanese foreign policy expert is the President of Taipei based Prospect Foundation, a government affiliated think tank. Dr. I-Chung has held many important offices of the Taiwanese administration. He’s the former Director General for DPP’s China Affairs and International Affairs, former Special Assistant to Taiwan’s…

  • Dynamite and the Durand Line: the Conflict Between Pakistan-Afghanistan

    By Priyajit Debsarkar The situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially the Durand line, has now transformed into one laced with dynamite. The Pashtoon community lives on both sides of Afghanistan and Pakistan in relative peace and harmony; however, this line has divided their societies and culture since the post-colonial departure of the British. Afghanistan has…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • “Eagle in the Arm”: India’s Vision for Drone Readiness

    By Rupal Kalebere On 18 September 2025, India’s Chief of Army Staff visited the Army’s drone training facility at Likabali in Arunachal Pradesh, marking the full-scale integration of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) into Indian Army training and operations. The visit reaffirmed commitments first announced at the Kargil Vijay Diwas ceremony on 26 July 2025, where…