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Oct 28, 2024 | 
lowyinstitute.org | Rahul Jaybhay
India supported Mauritius sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago. But New Delhi must also be relieved that the United Kingdom, which agreed this month to hand back the disputed Indian Ocean territory, will continue with a lease over Diego Garcia for 99 years. This island, site of a major US military base, gives Washington the latitude to ensure its naval presence in the Indian Ocean region to balance China’s naval footprints.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
hindustantimes.com | Rahul Jaybhay
The recent calls from Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba to form Asian North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) demonstrate anxieties in Indo-Pacific countries about managing China’s rise and the resulting imbalances that dominate the region. The minister expressed hopes on several fronts, including “cooperative security relationship[s]” and “mutual defence obligations” for ensuring stability.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Rahul Jaybhay
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Karl P Sauvant |Tawanda Sachikonye |Kati Suominen |Rahul Jaybhay
At the WTO’s 13th Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, 125 members—three-quarters of the WTO’s membership—cosponsored a request to integrate a new Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFDA) into the WTO’s rulebook. Of these sponsors, 89 were developing countries, including 27 least-developed countries. The IFDA is a plurilateral agreement and open to all WTO members but is binding only on its participants.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Alicia Garcia-Herrero |Shiro Armstrong |Rahul Jaybhay |John Deighton
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s European tour, his first in five years, was a true reality check for Europeans. Not only did Xi take his time to visit the continent, but his choice of destinations — Serbia, Hungary and France — was telling. French President Emmanuel Macron was an important target for Xi due to his recent harsher stance on Russia’s war in Ukraine and strong support for the European Union’s economic security strategy, which aims to reduce dependence on China.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Shiro Armstrong |Rahul Jaybhay |John Deighton |Leora Kornfeld
The weaponisation of trade by the major powers, the return of geopolitics and a much more uncertain international environment has brought economic security policies into fashion, mostly in advanced economies. High trade shares are now seen as a source of vulnerability and many countries are trying to diversify away from their fundamental comparative advantage and economies of scale in international markets in the name of economic security.
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Jul 28, 2024 | 
eastasiaforum.org | Shiro Armstrong |Rahul Jaybhay |John Deighton |Leora Kornfeld
Australia has announced a strategy for economic resilience and security. The Treasurer and Treasury Secretary have articulated a new National Interest Framework that is designed to help guide policy development and check the drift that has seen national security considerations increasingly dominate economic policies without constraint or clear logic.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Rahul Jaybhay
Asia 4 hours ago China’s Wang Blasts Philippines Over South China Sea Tensions Bloomberg - By Philip Heijmans • 4h Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi accused the Philippine government of repeatedly breaking a consensus over their intensifying dispute in the South … Pakistan 8 hours ago Pakistan Supreme Court’s Landmark Ruling On Democracy – OpEd eurasiareview.com - By declaring research, observation, and commitment to the spirit of the constitution as the main guidelines, the eight justices...
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
aspistrategist.org.au | Rahul Jaybhay
Despite India’s ardent wish, the world is nowhere close to becoming a multipolar system with India as one of the poles, or centres of power. Instead, today’s global system is best described as partially unipolar and nearing bipolar, with US influence waning and China arriving. India’s best bet lies in embracing this bipolar competition and cultivating deeper ties with the US.
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Jun 29, 2024 | 
thediplomat.com | Rahul Jaybhay
The G-7 states recently converged in Apulia, Italy, and revealed their outlook on crucial issues that the world community is grappling with. Beyond the Russia-Ukraine war, outreach to the Global South, and other “systemic” concerns, critical and emerging technology received substantial attention.
