Rajaram Panda
India-Republic of Korea Military Diplomacy : Past and Future Projections
As the first decade of the 21st century ended, India-Republic of Korea (ROK) relationship has assumed robustness in almost all dimensions – political, cultural and economic.
Kan Naoto’s Uncertain Political Future
Japanese Prime Minister Kan Naoto is walking a tight rope with plunging popularity and growing demands for his resignation.
India-Japan Economic Relations: Focus on the DMIC
Chairperson: Professor V P Dutt
Discussant: Professor Mohammad Badrul Alam
An Apocalypse Lurks in the Korean Peninsula
The temporary hope of peace returning to the Korean peninsula following North Korea’s peace overtures dissipated no sooner than it started when North Korean negotiators walked out of the meeting room at the DMZ in Panmunjam.
Inter-Korea Dialogue versus Japan-South Korea Military Engagement
North Korea’s offer of a dialogue is unlikely to elicit a positive response from South Korea which instead is militarily drawing closer to Japan to enhance deterrence.
Naoto Kan’s Remarks strain Relations with South Korea
Kan’s statement about sending the SDF to the Korean peninsula to rescue Japanese citizens and people of Japanese origin in the event of an emergency has raised the spectre of a possible revival of Japanese militarism.
India and Japan: Exploring Strategic Potentials
The strategic environment of the world, particularly in Asia, is in a state of dramatic flux. The overwhelming economic and military presence of the United States in Asia is on the wane.
North Korea’s Artillery Attack on Yeonpyeongdo: Responses and Implications
Both the revelation of a highly refined capacity for uranium enrichment and the shelling of South Korean military positions amply demonstrate Pyongyang’s preparedness to push the crisis to the extremes.
India and New Zealand: Engaging each other in Asia
India and New Zealand have a great opportunity to work together for the economic wellbeing of the Pacific Island nations.
Why Japan’s economy is ailing?
Japan needs to structurally transform domestic demand by focusing on its service sector – medical services, education, environment, and health.
