Korea Chair Bulletin: August-September 2025

The Korea Chair Bulletin provides research-driven insights into India-South Korea relations, covering policy shifts, strategic dialogues, and emerging trends. It also highlights key developments and news from the Korean Peninsula.
Taiwan Beyond Semiconductors: Three Decades of India–Taiwan Relations and Emerging Collaborations

We are hosting a panel discussion for the launch of our report, “Taiwan Beyond Semiconductors: Three Decades of India–Taiwan Relations and Emerging Collaborations.” The report reviews the evolution of bilateral ties, highlights established and emerging areas of cooperation, and offers recommendations for unlocking untapped potential in the Indo-Pacific.
The Shocking Rift Between India and the United States

Can Progress in the Partnership Survive Trump?
Trump heat, Tokyo-Tianjin warmth: Modi begins to rejig India’s major power relations

In riding roughshod over partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea on trade, and by threatening to weaponise security ties, Trump has forced them both to strengthen bonds […]
PM Modi’s Asia tour: Expect rhetoric from SCO meet in China, progress in Japan

The SCO is often portrayed as an inner-Asian club standing up to American dominance, an aspiration undermined by internal contradictions
India-China ties — improvement signs are loud, problems sliding under the radar

Do India and China share a strategic or geopolitical alignment? Are there signs of improving relations in this aspect? Yet again, the evidence points in the other direction.