CFR orgDUTERTE’S FOREIGN POLICY SHIFT: BANDWAGONING WITH CHINA?
In June 2016 led to a remarkable shift in the foreign policy of the archipelagic state. Unlike the previous administration of Benigno Aquino III, which was somewhat confrontational with China on several fronts, including dragging Beijing to…
Business todayROHINGYA CRISIS: A POTENTIAL MARITIME QUAGMIRE FOR INDIA
Continued ethnic strife and the State’s overtly discriminatory policies in the Rakhine province of Myanmar have resulted in hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing their homes. As the exodus began in earnest in the late 1970s,…
Business today‘BEYOND HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGY’: THE INTANGIBLES OF CHINA’S NAVAL POWER (PART 3)
This is part three of a three-part series on China's naval power
(PART 3: TACTICAL LEVEL)
As introduced in the Part 1, so far, most analysis of China’s naval power worldwide has focused on the PLA Navy’s existing and projected…

MELAKA GATEWAY PORT: AN ANALYSIS
Introduction
This issue brief aims at analysing China’s geo-economics and geostrategic intentions as manifested in its generous assistance to Malaysia for development of the Melaka port project. The issue brief also intends to study the…
Business todayDOMESTIC CRUISE TOURISM IN INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT
Introduction
The advent of domestic cruise tourism in India is a relatively new phenomenon, although it is a well-known industry around the world. Many coastal countries, particularly island countries, are dependent on cruise tourism…
Business todayBIMSTEC: WHERE INDIA’S ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST’ AND ‘ACT EAST’ MEET
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC) was established in 1997. Its members are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. On 11 August 2017, the 15th BIMSTEC
Ministerial…
