East Asia Compass by Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra
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Five Challenges for South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 20 Jun, 2025 · 5891
Lee Jae-myung became the 21st President of South Korea on 4 June 2025 after a tumultuous six months for South Korean politics, which began with the sudden announcement of emergency martial law by the previous President Yoon Suk-yeol on the ...
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Trump 2.0 and East Asia
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 31 Mar, 2025 · 5887
Trump 2.0’s seemingly unpredictable and disruptive policies and actions have caused visible anxiety in East Asia among both allies and rivals of the US. Trump has begun implementing a reciprocal tariff plan without any consideration for f ...
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Yoon Suk-yeol and Martial Law in South Korea
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 13 Dec, 2024 · 5882
While South Korea’s economic, technological, and cultural prowess is very sophisticated, its political leaders are still immature and democratic institutions continue to be weak. That said, the South Korean public’s democracy spirit is ...
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Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and the Future of Japanese Politics
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 24 Oct, 2024 · 5881
In Japan’s post-Shinzo Abe era, the old days of frequent changes in top leaders appears to have arrived again. This will have implications for the country’s domestic as well as its foreign policy. Japan needs continuity and credibility ...
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The Dangers of China’s Approach to Peace Mediation
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 27 Aug, 2024 · 5879
China recently invited representatives from 14 Palestinian groups for reconciliation talks; the meeting was held on on 21-24 July in Beijing. These talks were meant to be for ‘peacemaking’ in West Asia. Participants signed a Beijing Dec ...
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Alliance-Making: The Meaning of Putin’s Visit to North Korea
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 27 Jun, 2024 · 5877
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea after a gap of 24 years, on 19 June 2024. On his last historic visit in 2000, Russia and North Korea signed a Treaty of Friendship, Good Neighbourliness and Cooperation, which was a versi ...
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South Korea: Interpreting the National Assembly Election Results
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 29 Apr, 2024 · 5875
The opposition Democratic Party maintained its majority in the elections to the South Korean National Assembly that took place on 10 April 2024. Overall, opposition parties in South Korea won a total of 192 seats in the 300-member National ...
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North Korea-Japan Talks and Pyongyang’s Creative Diplomacy
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 14 Mar, 2024 · 5871
North Korea sometimes makes strange gestures that force others to speculate about the intent. In one such move, Pyongyang, which has so far refused to engage in talks with the US and South Korea, suddenly expressed interest in a summit meet ...
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The Meaning of a Third DPP Presidency in Taiwan
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 24 Jan, 2024 · 5865
Taiwan’s
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-te’s win in the recently
held presidential elections in Taiwan is indeed historic. This is the third consecutive victory of a DPP
candidate in a presidential election.
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Kishida-Xi Meeting: A Move to Reduce Frictions?
Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra · 12 Dec, 2023 · 5862
At the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in San Francisco in November, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan and President Xi Jinping of China held a sixty-five minute long meeting. Although the meeting didnâ ...
