TCSS Security Commentaries #027 Turkey may also use its experiences to fructify the grain corridor agreement to resolve the energy and migration crises. Diren Dogan, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Turkey UN Secretary-General Guterres and Turkey's President Erdoğan at the Black Sea Grain Corridor signing ceremony in Istanbul (Source: UNIC Ankara/Levent Kulu) The agreement, abbreviated as … Continue reading Black Sea Grain Corridor Agreement: Risks behind Opportunities for Turkey
G-20 Bali summit: End of globalized world, start of new standard for international relations
TCSS Security Commentaries #027 G-20, a forum for forging compromises between the emerging and the developed world, is now an outlet to manifest their disagreements. Bruno Magno, MoFA Taiwan Fellow Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the opening ceremony of the G-20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bali. (Source: https://g20.org) Most western news outlets denounce the … Continue reading G-20 Bali summit: End of globalized world, start of new standard for international relations
G7 Communiqué & PGII: Reining in the Global Turbulence and Response to Security Risks
TCSS Security Commentaries #027 For regional countries that availed loans and grants from earlier regional initiatives, especially China's BRI, the interest rates have heavily burdened their economy aside from the global recession resulting from the pandemic. Brian Castro, TCSS G7 heads of state and government met with representatives of partner countries and international organisations. (Source: … Continue reading G7 Communiqué & PGII: Reining in the Global Turbulence and Response to Security Risks
China’s Great Power Ambitions in Pacific Islands
TCSS Security Commentaries #026 The China-Pacific Islands agreement can potentially compel Taiwan's diplomatic allies to terminate relations with Taiwan, as happened with Nicaragua in 2021 and Solomon Islands in 2019. Bruno Magno, MoFA Taiwan Fellow Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Fijian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama at the second China-Pacific Island Countries … Continue reading China’s Great Power Ambitions in Pacific Islands
European Union and its Indo-Pacific strategy
TCSS Security Commentaries #026 EU Strategy for cooperation in the Indo-Pacific outlines seven priority areas that could be considered a continuation and arguably a replacement for the 2018 EU Asia Strategy. Lina Laur, Sciences Po Paris G7 leaders meeting with Ukraine President Zelenskyy. (Source: Twitter) On June 28, the G7 summit came to an end. … Continue reading European Union and its Indo-Pacific strategy
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