Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury writes: Even though this year’s dialogue was heavily dominated by issues in the South China Sea, the Chinese delegation and Admiral Sun seemed confident about their activities and rebuffed American pressure to curb its activities in the area.
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India – Japan : Vision 2025
Nikhil Kapoor writes: Japan and India are Asia’s two great democracies and have a pivotal role to play in Asia’s emerging power structure. PM Shinzo Abe in 2007 described this partnership as the ‘confluence of two seas.
A New President in Taiwan- New Hopes, Old Problems
M H Rajesh writes: As far as India goes, it needs to engage Taiwan far more, especially on the economic front. Just as Foxconn has set up facility in India, it must invite more Taiwan based businesses to choose India as a preferred investment destination.
Is Taliban in Transition?
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury writes: On the 21st of May 2016, a US airstrike killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan.
Russia’s Gradual Rapprochement with Pakistan
Raj Kumar Sharma writes: Russia looks to be moving towards an even handed approach in South Asia akin to Soviet Union’s South Asia policy in 1960s where it mediated between India and Pakistan at Tashkent in 1966 following the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
Iran – The New Frontier
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury Writes: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Iran from the 22nd to the 23rd of May 2016. His agenda for discussions consisted of trade, investment, energy partnership, and enhancing connectivity.