Abhijit Singh, The Interpreter – 17 March 2021 From sea denial to sea control, Abhijit Singh of The Interpreter details a debate among the news source’s writers of which maritime strategy India should choose to signal resolve to China in the Indian Ocean. Read the full article here.
Jon Grevatt, Janes – 7 January 2021 The Ministry of National Defense in Seoul have announced their intentions to deepen defence ties with the UK. Amid a heightened security environment along the Korean Peninsula and a new, post-Brexit world for the UK, expanding defence cooperation between South Korea and the UK is a welcome effort…
The Korea Herald – 6 January 2021 South Korea’s alliance with the U.S. is one of the most significant in the world, with both friends sharing the same democratic values and being important trading partners for one-another. However their relations have recently encountered problems, particularly since Trump’s inauguration four years ago, with geopolitics and a…
South China Morning Post – 31 December 2020 2020’s global pandemic has dominated news and discussions and been situated at the forefront of almost every states’ security agenda. In the background, however, the complex and intertwining nature of international relations carries on and regional economics provide their own stories to tell. What is the outlook…
After weeks of rising tensions along India’s northwest border with China, 20 Indian soldiers were killed in a clash with Chinese forces, the most significant skirmish between the two countries since 1967. In this transcript of a Brookings podcast, Brookings Senior Fellow Tanvi Madan lays out potential motivations for China’s escalation, and how it may…
“Although China’s ultimate aims in the Indian Ocean remain somewhat ambiguous, it is clear that the Chinese leadership is actively pursuing capabilities that would allow it to undertake a range of military missions in the region.” In the latest installment of the Brookings Institution Global China series this article, written by Joshua White, explains China’s expansion…
