MAKING WAVES: AN E-NEWS BRIEF (13-19) JULY 2020)

While the ongoing LAC standoff with China is presently poised at some level of de-escalation, the maritime domain saw the Indian Naval ships exercising with a  US Carrier Strike Group, this week, in the Bay of Bengal, off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Further East, Japan’s 2020 Defence White Paper Digest highlighted the security environment as viewed from Tokyo. Translation of the full paper is awaited for more details and further analysis.