More: Indo-Pacific
Western Indian Ocean region has declared 550,000 square kilometers as protected
The Western Indian Ocean region has declared 143* marine and coastal areas as protected – an area covering 553,163 square kilometers, representing 7 percent...
QUAD Masquerading NATO
While the gravity of geo-politics and geo-economics have witnessed a shift from Transatlantic to Indo-Pacific, Quad has gained in currency. The Quad is a...
European Union Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and the Role for India
The European Council approved conclusions on the European Union (EU) Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific on April 16, 2021. The bloc laid out...
EU’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy: India’s Loss, Europe’s Gain
The European Union has shown its keenness to play an active role in the Indo-Pacific with a draft policy document of its strategy on...
QUAD 2.0 and Its Military Exercise in the Bay of Bengal: Strategic Significance
The joint military exercise of the Quad powers in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) is a major strategic development that has a direct impact...
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...