Why do we need QUAD? This question thematizes the main concern of this article. The role of QUAD in the international community is necessary to be understood. The objectives should be aligned in comparison to the need and requirements of th...
Russia is experiencing melting ice caps in the Arctic region faster than the predicted rate and it will dramatically change its geography in the coming years. It has for centuries enjoyed protection due to its extremely cold weather in the ...
Rory Medcalf, in his essay “What’s in a name” noted that “Indo-Pacific minilateralism is the wave of the future that many countries will try to surf.”[1] The recent tide of trilateral and quadrilateral groups hints at the significance of th...
India and Singapore have a longstanding partnership in the field of defence cooperation. Covering three major areas - armed forces, defence technology cooperation and maritime security, India-Singapore defence relationship have become stron...
Japan and Germany conducted their first ever “2 plus 2 dialogue” on 13th April 2021, albeit in virtual mode due to the raging pandemic. This comes after Germany announced that its frigate “Bayern” will set sail for the South China Sea in Au...
India recently attended the 14th meeting of ADMM (Asean Defense Ministers Meeting) plus virtually at Hanoi, Vietnam in December 2020 to mark 10 years of its inception since it’s convening in 2010. The ADMM-Plus is a platform for ASEAN (The ...
In November 2020, the news about the NSA level meeting being held with regard to the trilateral Maritime Security Cooperation in Sri Lanka made headlines. In the joint meeting held by the three countries met after a gap of six years. The me...
India- Africa Defence Ministers’ Conclave (IADMC) on 6th February 2020 marked an essential point of inflection in India- Africa relations. Historic relations between India- Africa were primarily involved in the paradigms of economic, sociol...
Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile with a flight range of 290 km and has maximum pace of Mach 3(three times the speed of sound). The name originates from the Brahmaputra river in India and Moskva in Russia. In February 1998, the two cou...
Security and preserving national interest formulate the crux of diplomacy and international relations. Maritime security and diplomacy presents a challenge for maintaining peace in the oceans. India’s challenge becomes bigger as Indian Ocea...
Officially formed in 2006, BRICS is the grouping of five emerging economies in the world comprising of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (joined later in 2010). Initially it started as a pressure group which met on the side-lin...
Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum (GMF) has been critical for understanding Indonesia’s position in the larger Indo Pacific, and how it places its critical importance in the emerging sea lanes of communication (SLOCs). The Global Maritime...
