East Asia Compass by Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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 didn ...
  • Why was Kim Jong-un in Russia?
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra   ·    09 Oct, 2023   ·    5861
    It was a bit surprising that the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s first foreign visit after the pandemic was to Russia, on 10 September 2023. His visit may be considered symbolic of his prioritisation, with Russia appearing to be more im ...
  • US, Japan, and South Korea at Camp David: The Implications of Trilateral Summitry
    Dr Sandip Kumar Mishra   ·    18 Aug, 2023   ·    5858
    The trilateral meeting between US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, at Camp David on 18 August 2023, is being considered “historic.” It is the first standalone summit ...
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