India goes its own way in new Cold War

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine coincided with a debate over whether to call US-China tensions “a new Cold War” and a “no limits” friendship between Russia and China. As the United States raced to place sanctions on Moscow, many in the Global South found themselves caught in the crosshairs of a realignment against Russia. Among the […]

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In diplomatic dance, Seoul courts Beijing, Tokyo and DC

SEOUL – Talk about being in the eye of a diplomatic hurricane.

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York yesterday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol collared US President Joe Biden to bend his ear on trade frictions during a fund-raising dinner. He also won face time with stand-offish Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, who is playing a cagey game with Korean relations.

Yoon’s New York exploits follow his greeting of China’s chief legislator Li Zhanshu in Seoul on September 18, during which Yoon, requesting “mutually friendly feelings,” asked for a visit to South Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

The latter meet and greet raised some eyebrows considering Yoon had pointedly declined to meet Li’s US counterpart, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, after her controversial visit to Taiwan in August.

Pulling off wins in this thicket of diplomatic complexities would test the skills of a Metternich or a Kissinger.

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Indonesia resumes penalising exporters that break repatriation rules

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank offers reinstated rules to sanction natural resources exporters that do not receive their earnings through domestic banks, deputy governor Juda Agung said upon Thursday (Sep 22). Indonesia in 2019 issued rules requiring organic resource exporters to put their earnings in the domestic banking system, with theContinue Reading

India’s light tanks designed for mountain war with China

India is definitely poised to reveal a homemade lighting tank optimized designed for mountain warfare upon its disputed Himalayan border, ostensibly in order to counter China’s lighting armor in the higher mountain area. Protection publication Janes documented this month that the Indian Army provides partnered with nearby conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd to develop a light tank meant for mountain […]

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