More: Indo-Pacific
United States snubs India for its excessive maritime claim
On April7, 2021, a 9,000-ton guided-missile destroyer, USS John Paul Jones (US 7th Fleet), waded (not strayed as it was deliberate) into the vicinity...
Why Indonesia is keeping a distance from the Indo-Pacific “Quartet”
Japan and Indonesia agreed to expand defense cooperation and conduct joint exercises in the South China Sea. Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi stated so...
The Chessboard for the Great Power Competition in the Indo Pacific
As structural change is happening with China's ascending growth and Russia's re-emergence, the scholarly community is worried about the result of such changes. US...
Indian Ocean: Is India triangulating between the U.S. and China?
The Indian Ocean, a significant geopolitical region, is acting as a regional stage for great power competition between India, China, and the U.S. The...
Chagos: An Achievement in Self-Determination with a Treacherous Path to Decolonization
The overwhelming global support for the United Nation’s 2019 Chagos International Court of Justice (I.C.J.)Opinion and General Assembly Resolution was a remarkable success for...
Quad Summit 2021: Why is China Rattled?
Quad’s call for a free, open, inclusive, healthy, Indo-Pacific region during Summit has rattled China.Quad’s determination for collective response to COVID-19 pandemic in terms...
New Delhi’s Position During A Medium-term Pacific Conflict
Tensions in the Indo-Pacific region (IPR) have escalated significantly in the last two years. Simultaneously, a number of new actors have adopted the concept,...
Considering the Continental Dimension of the Indo-Pacific: The Mongolian Precedent
The Indo-Pacific is now the site of global great-power competition and contestation. And, as a reflection of its growing importance in international discourse, a...
Sri Lanka needs an Indo-Pacific strategy
If there was any doubt that Indo-Pacific is in fact the metaphorical “Heartland” of the 21st century, recent developments indicating intensifying U.S.-China competition in...
RECP, START and Germany´s Indo-Pacific Strategy
There are five interesting events in US-Eurasian relations: First the rejection by the Trump-USA of Putin’s offer to extend the initial START contract by...