Dr. Alvite Singh Ningthoujam is a New Delhi-based researcher. He served as Consultant at the Strategic Affairs Wing of the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), New Delhi, from July 2017 to July 2019, and handled the West Asia-North Africa (WANA) and Iran Desk. Before that, he was a Senior Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi, where he focused on issues pertaining to the Middle East and, trends and developments in International Terrorism, particularly focusing on Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) or Daesh, and its footprints in India, South Asia and Southeast Asia. He has written numerous articles and book chapters, including “Israel’s Growing Defence Ties with Asia,” The Diplomat, July 30, 2019; and “The Islamic State: Origins, Evolution and Consequences,” in Sanjay Singh (Retd. IFS) (Ed.) West Asia in Transition: Volume II (New Delhi: Pentagon Press, 2018), 319-338.
The Military-Security Dimension of Israel-Southeast Asia Relations
Over the past two decades, Israel has developed robust bilateral relationships with China, India, and Singapore. Israel has also succeeded in forging ties with Japan and South Korea. More recently, Israel has devoted considerable attention to strengthening its relations with Southeast Asian countries, particularly Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar. Military-security cooperation in the form of arms trade as well as technology transfer and licensed production has emerged as an important dimension of Israel’s relations with Southeast Asian countries.
