This, in turn, is essential for a free and open Indo-Pacific, with implications reaching all the way to India and beyond.
It wasn’t intended to be embarrassing. It was probably intended—by the people who announced it—to be a sort of celebration. Unpacking what happened next gives a peek into why nothing can be taken for granted in this era of heightened strategic “competition”, how healthy country-to country relations require constant and real communications, and that the actual problems may not be where you are looking.
BACKGROUND: THE MOST IMPORTANT DEFENCE AGREEMENTS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF
Three independent countries in the central Pacific— Palau, Republic of Marshall Islands (RMI) and Federated States of Micronesia (FSM)—cover a highly strategic contiguous maritime zone running from west of Hawaii to the Philippines.
The United States, through separate agreements with each of the three—known as the Compacts of Free Association (COFA)—are granted defence and security rights and responsibilities over this zone, that is about the size of the continental United States. The U.S. is also granted strategic denial, meaning it can deny military access to others.
The COFAs are what ensures that the U.S. can deploy unmolested across the vast Central Pacific and reach its treaty allies and bases in Japan, South Korea, Philippines and elsewhere. This, in turn, is essential for a free and open Indo-Pacific, with implications reaching all the way to India and beyond.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 28, 2024 من The Sunday Guardian.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة April 28, 2024 من The Sunday Guardian.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 8500 مجلة وصحيفة.
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RAIL PSUs UNDER SCRUTINY FOR GIVING UNAUTHORIZED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
Railtel sources said that despite the body having its own cadre that is enough to handle the operations, successive CMDs are bringing officials close to them on deputation to the PSU.
Is China swindling Nepal over repayment of Pokhara airport loan?
It has been claimed that China's loan to Nepal is being serviced at 5% and not 2%, as publicly claimed by China.
Has American democracy become a farce?
The numerous think-tanks that routinely place India at near bottom in democracy and media freedom rankings haven’t uttered a word about how this trial of Donald Trump is a direct and frontal assault on democracy.
CAN INDIA FOSTER PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE?
Will India join the upcoming Switzerland peace summit aimed at ending the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis and bringing peace in the region? Switzerland is all set to host the summit on 15-16 June.
Will political parties agree on one nation, one election?
Will political parties that are continuously complaining about the system during the elections, be ready to pass a unanimous proposal in Parliament for election reforms?
FIVE REGIONAL PARTIES STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
The leaders of these parties do not have clarity about their political future and therefore are jumping over to other parties.
Did playing the caste card help the Opposition?
Rahul forgot that Indira and Rajiv Gandhialways maintained a distance from caste politics. He got it into his head that caste was the way forward.
EXIT POLLS SUGGEST A TIGHT RACE IN MAHARASHTRA
There could be a tight race in Maharashtra with NDA and I.N.D.I.A bloc running neck and neck.
HOW EXIT POLLS FARED IN 2014 AND 2019
Exit polls predicted the NDA forming government easily. Yet no exit poll could predict the rout of UPA in both the Lok Sabha elections.
HIMACHAL PRADESH WITNESSES HIGH VOTER TURNOUT IN FINAL PHASE OF ELECTION
High voter turnout marks the final phase of Himachal Pradesh's Lok Sabha and Assembly bypolls: prominent leaders cast ballots early