Background The United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation (Also known as the “Singapore Convention on Mediation”) in 2018. The Convention provides a uniform and efficient framework for the enforcement of …
What’s in the news? After years of negotiations, India and Japan have inked a landmark agreement- Agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services– that will allow their militaries to access each other’s bases for logistics support. It is seen …
What’s in the news? India, Australia and France held talks for the first time under a trilateral framework with focus on enhancing cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, a region that has been witnessing increasing Chinese military assertiveness. The virtual meeting was …
Background With COVID-19 and trade tensions between China and the United States threatening supply chains or actually causing bottlenecks, Japan has mooted the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) as a trilateral approach to trade, with India and Australia as the …
About ICJ The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is an international non-governmental organisation which promotes human rights and the rule of law. Its membership consists of sixty eminent jurists from around the world. The ICJ has an International Secretariat based …
What’s in the news? Amid high operational alert by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) due to the ongoing standoff with China in Ladakh, India and Russia are scheduled to hold the bilateral naval exercise, Indra 2020, …
About EU The European Union (EU) is a unique economic and political union between 27 European countries. The United Kingdom, which had been a founding member of the EU, left the organization in 2020. The EU was created by the …
Belt and Road Initiative China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) aims to strengthen Beijing’s economic leadership through a vast program of infrastructure building throughout China’s neighbouring regions. Launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping, the vast collection of development and …
Background Currently, among the most disputed topics in the world, in the South China Sea (SCS) dispute, the governments of six countries (Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and China) claim that they are the rightful owner of Paracel and Spratly …