In Southeast Asia, India Works to Counter China

Beijing’s preoccupation with its economy created an opportunity for India to move closer to ASEAN.

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India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) held their 21st summit on Oct. 10. Until a couple of years ago, China appeared to have an economic stranglehold on the region, and so India primarily focused on building security ties with ASEAN members – either individually or in small groups. Now, however, Beijing is […]

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Victoria Herczegh
Viktória Herczegh is an analyst at Geopolitical Futures. She is also a PhD candidate at the Political Science and International Relations Doctoral School of Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary. Her PhD research topic is "Double Standards projected by Great Powers". Ms. Herczegh holds a bachelor's degree of Chinese Language and Culture and a master's degree of East Asian Studies. She also spent one semester at Shanghai International Studies University studying Mandarin Chinese. Ms. Herczegh is a native Hungarian fluent in English, Spanish, French and Mandarin.