Commercial Final week, the world assumed that the US and China had been on the way in which to mending ties, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly set to go to China on February 5. However the look of a Chinese language spy balloon over the skies of …

Commercial Earlier this week, India and the USA launched the initiative on Important and Rising Know-how (iCET) with its inaugural assembly in Washington, D.C.  U.S. Nationwide Safety Advisor Jake Sullivan and his Indian counterpart, Ajit Doval, held the inaugural assembly together with the participation of senior officers from each international …

Commercial In a relatively stunning transfer, South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol publicly instructed the opportunity of Seoul creating its personal nuclear weapons within the face of rising nuclear threats from North Korea. He made the remark at an official coverage briefing by South Korea’s international and protection ministries on January …

Advertisement Quad partners are becoming much more serious about security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. They are coming up with bilateral and other agreements among themselves but also bringing in other countries from Europe, such as France and the United Kingdom, who have an interest in the region. This is not …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, poses for a photograph with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida earlier than their assembly on the Akasaka Palace state visitor home in Tokyo, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Credit score: AP Photograph/Hiro Komae, Pool Commercial India and Japan are set to carry their maiden air …

Commercial There may be rising momentum behind a world moratorium on damaging kinetic anti-satellite (ASAT) exams. A couple of days in the past, the United Nations Common Meeting (UNGA) passed a decision calling for a ban on kinetic ASAT exams. The decision was sponsored by america together with a lot …

Commercial In mid-December, Japan launched three necessary nationwide security-related technique paperwork. It is a reflection of Japan’s quickly deteriorating safety situations, a lot of which is triggered by China. More and more, many international locations which have historically maintained a defensive and pacifist posture, like Japan, are having to assessment …

Flashpoints | Diplomacy | South Asia Inconsistencies between what China says and does will probably scale back the willingness of different international locations, together with India, to take significantly Beijing’s statements about wanting a reset of ties. Commercial India-China relations have been below monumental pressure in recent times. The Indian international minister, S. Jaishankar, …