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The AUKUS Submarine Deal: Tectonic Shift in the U.S.-Australia Alliance
In September 2021, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia signed a new three security agreement that gave Australia permission to buy nuclear-...
How Australia deceived France
The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison hid plans to ditch a French submarine contract for fear a furious Paris would find a way...
Deciphering Quad’s expanding agenda in the Indo-Pacific
Here, I try to throw light on Quad's expanding regional agenda and where it is headed to.
The third in-person Quad summit took place in...
Quad leaders to meet again in Japan after a year, as POTUS postpones trip to Australia
Japan hosted the second in-person Quad summit in Tokyo a year ago. Owing to the recent turn of events, it turns out that the...
AUKUS: Ramifications for Indo-Pacific Region
AUKUS, a trilateral strategic pact between Australia, United Kingdom, and United States, was announced on September 15, 2022. The pact represents a joint initiative...
Australia has raised its climate targets and now needs to accelerate its clean energy transition
Australia is taking positive steps to increase its climate and clean energy ambitions. The International Energy Agency has reviewed Australia’s progress and recommends that...
The impact of AUKUS against China and Russia on the security of Asia and the world
The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia revealed the details of a joint plan aimed at establishing a new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines,...
The audacious AUKUS submarine deal and Asia’s changing security landscape
In this exhaustive analysis, I try to spell out the impact and potential consequences of the recently-brokered submarine deal between the U.S., the U.K.,...
Takeaways from the sixth Quad ministerial hosted by India
New Delhi was abuzz with two key diplomatic rendezvous taking place last week – the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and the Raisina Dialogue. On...
Australia-Laos relations and the need for a broader Indo-Pacific Endeavour
The 2022 edition of Australia's annual flagship naval initiative, the Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE), corresponded with the elevation of bilateral ties with Laos to a...