More: Indo-Pacific
Canberra’s Strategic Rise in Oceania
The Asia Pacific’s geopolitical balance is under change. While the U.S. remains the main architect of the plan, it is Australia that is becoming...
China’s Pacific Missile Test and the Indo-Pacific’s New Nuclear Reality
On July 6, at 12:01pm Beijing time, a Chinese nuclear-powered submarine launched a ballistic missile from beneath the South China Sea. The missile came...
What Canada’s TKMS Deal Means for the Indo-Pacific
During the July 2026 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, Prime Minister Carney announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) as Canada’s primary...
The Quad’s Identity Crisis: Caught Between Ambition and Reality
Asia-pacific region is becoming increasingly contested with like-minded states forming coalitions. Two institutional models such as AUKUS and Quad, which are both US led,...
Africa – Bridging Oceans: The Indian Ocean Gateway and the New Geography of Global Trade
The twenty-first century is witnessing a profound reconfiguration of global trade routes. From the Arctic passages of the north to the Middle Corridor across...
2026 Shangri-La Dialogue: Why Stable US-China Relations Are Vital for Asia-Pacific Security
What particularly caught my attention analytically was the coverage broadcast by China’s state television and CGTN on June 1, 2026, following the launch of...
Are Japan and Southeast Asia Building a Third Option?
Over the past month, Japan formally joined the United States–Philippines Balikatan military exercises. Under the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) previously signed between Tokyo and...
Why the U.S. is Not a Declining Power: From Middle East Instability to Indo-Pacific Primacy
Every few years, the same obituary is written again. America is finished, we are told. It has lost its nerve, exhausted itself in the...
Will the Iran War Undermine America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy?
America has engaged in yet another war in the Middle East through Operation Epic Fury, which began with the airstrikes on Iran on February...
India Must Leverage Indian Ocean Security Mechanisms to Protect Its Strategic Interests
Authors: Rahul Mishra & Harshit Prajapati
The US-Israel conflict with Iran dragged almost every country into a phase of energy insecurity. While Iran’s neighboring countries...