Indo-Pacific
For the first time in history, the Japanese Police Chief names and shames China over cyberattacks
The National Public Safety Commission's weekly news conference, which is usually a dull affair, created a stir recently in the global...
China was buying land near Japanese and American bases in Japan. Got busted
China prides itself in its covert property dealings overseas. It is a known fact that the Chinese Communist Party uses quasi-private...
China thought after Vietnam ceases to be the chair of ASEAN, it will get some respite. But Brunei is craftier
2020 was a bad year for China in the Indo-Pacific, with all its enemies and competitors joining hands in the region....
If China attacks Taiwan, Japan will not stay silent. Japan’s leaked document sends a clear warning to Xi Jinping
According to Japanese media, Tokyo is admitting for the first time that Taiwan's security is critical to the safety of both...
Australia has forced Biden to follow Trump’s China policy
The allies of the USA around the Indo-Pacific are making sure that Joe Biden’s disastrous foreign policy does not impact their...
Japan has forced Biden to let it handle East China Sea independently, a move that will make the Chinese very nervous
Japan is the most important US ally in East Asia. But with Biden in power, Japan is now asserting independence and...
Vietnam is developing four vaccines of its own and it is going to end China’s vaccine diplomacy in Southeast Asia
Vietnam, the fastest developing country in the Southeast Asia region, is now looking to kick China out of the region. And...
Morrison must clarify if his endorsement of One-China policy was a slip of tongue or has he taken sharp U-turn
Jargon, definitions and minute technicalities matter in diplomacy, especially when you are dealing with something as complicated as the China-Taiwan conflict....
With Chinese belligerence at its peak, it’s time for Australia to go nuclear
Australia started an ideological battle with China last year. Canberra started by demanding an international probe into the origins of the...
China is trying its best to wrest Laos from Vietnam, but Vietnam is too clever an opponent
Vietnam is one of the few countries which share a land border with China and are in a continuous tug-of-war with...
A new Vietnamese base is coming up in the Spratly Islands and Japan is written all over it
Vietnam, a country with historical animosity against Beijing, is poking the paper Dragon in the South China Sea (SCS). China claims...
The last thing Philippines needs is Duterte’s daughter as the President because frankly Duterte has been a disaster
The thing about term restrictions is that they reduce a President's ability to impose his own policies beyond his own stint...
