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2023 should become a year of accelerated transformation towards a system where anomalies and injustices get uncovered and rectified seamlessly.
 

China has been extensively enhancing its influence in the Indo-China region, which has immense significance for the Indo-Pacific. The Indochina region comprises of three countries - Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, and is also called French Indochina as it was colonised and controlled by the French during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is important to understand the geopolitical dynamics of the region, given its location on the “rimland” and its geographical contiguity with China. 
 

India has been a recipient of refugees since its independence and the presence of refugees influence India’s relations with its neighbours. This article discusses how the issue of Rohingya refugees affects India’s neighbourhood policy.
 

The discovery of lithium – inferred resources of 5.9 million tons – in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) has come at a crucial time.

On January 1st 2023, Dr. S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India, visited Austria on his two-nation tour to Cyprus and Austria. He made a public statement where he mentioned India’s “deep” concern about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

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The 27th Conference of Parties (COP-27) at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt concluded with the establishment of the much-awaited Loss and Damage Fund. The most vulnerable, developing countries, including South Asian ones have been demanding finance from the industrialized countries (that have ‘historical responsibility’ for climate change) for the losses and damages suffered by the former.

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In the last few months, there have been a few major protests in China, such as the one in Chongqing at an antigen kit-making factory over major layoffs and wage cuts and nationwide protests over the government’s stringent zero-Covid policy. The zero Covid policy imposed by the Communist Party of China (CPC) was in the news throughout the world and several Chinese cities witnessed a series of protests as retaliation against this policy.

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The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is nearing close to a decade since its initiation in 2013. The ambitious plan included building a series of infrastructure projects including roads, railways, pipelines to increase connectivity and strengthen China’s energy security and geopolitical position. The initiative signalled China’s growing power projection and opportunities for smaller countries who saw this as an alternative mechanism to diversify from the existing western led mechanisms. In the recent years, the BRI has been surrounded with several challenges in its application.

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PRC will never be content until India is reduced to economic distress and societal chaos, for this is the only country in Asia that can upset China’s primacy in Asia.

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The much-anticipated 20^th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was held on October 16, 2022. It was an important event given the fact that the world was curious to see what the composition of the Chinese central leadership would be for the next five years. One of the most debated questions prior to the 20^th Party Congress was – Will Xi Jinping continue to be the paramount leader of China? The answer to this question was always anticipated to be a categorical ‘yes’.