Choosing the 14th Dalai Lama’s successor has shifted from a religious affair to a major geopolitical concern in Asia. This process will influence the future direction of Tibetan Buddhism and …
East Asia
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Singapore’s Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) has invited Indian hospitality and wellness investors to participate in the development of its upcoming 120-hectare expansion, identifying traditional Indian Ayurveda-based wellness resorts as one …
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South Asia Notes: India, Japan Fortify Ties Amid Slide in US Interest in Asia
by Elizabeth Roche 3 minutes readIndia and Japan sat down for their 16th annual summit in the first week of July with India hosting Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae for the occasion. The India-Japan Summit …
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China Looms Behind India’s Nuclear and Maritime Push with Australia
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 5 minutes readAs Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Australia on Wednesday, India’s high-stakes Indo-Pacific diplomacy jigsaw started falling into place, shaped by an increasingly familiar strategic reality, that of the unspoken …
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Opinion: Raising Anxiety Levels in the Pacific
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readChina would like nations in the Pacific to believe that there is nothing out of the ordinary in its test firing of a submarine launched long range nuclear capable ballistic …
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Capital Latitude: India and Japan Have Tapped the Bridge Long Enough
by Rasita Vishnuram 7 minutes read“The Pacific and the Indian Oceans are now bringing about a dynamic coupling as seas of freedom and of prosperity,” Shinzo Abe, “Confluence of the Two Seas,” address to the …
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The Quiet Conquest: How Beijing Rewrote Bangladesh’s Economic Destiny Without Firing a Single Shot
by Shahidul Alam Swapan 8 minutes readThere is a particular kind of power that does not announce itself with fanfare. It arrives quietly through loan agreements, construction contracts, and factory floors and by the time the …
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It would have been a summit of special significance had the Prime Minister of Japan Sanae Takaichi met her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Guwahati. That would have played up …
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Bangladesh Still Assessing Chinese Proposal for Establishing Trilateral Economic Corridor
by UNIby UNI 2 minutes readBangladesh is still assessing China’s proposal to establish a trilateral economic corridor linking Bangladesh, Myanmar and China and has not yet taken a formal position on the initiative, Foreign Minister …
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From Dialogue to Delivery: The Quad’s Next Strategic Test
by Sanjay Upadhya 6 minutes readThe Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as the Quad, has come a long way. What began as a loose conversation among four democracies in 2007 has steadily evolved into a …