Under the Interim National Security Strategic Guidance document released by Whitehouse in April 2021 there are few priority areas which have been highlighted. There are five major pillars: ‘rising nationalism, challenges to democracy, US gr...
The developments in South China Sea have been a matter of concern for all the littoral countries in its periphery as well as the dialogue partners. This year has been very eventful in the context of tensions between US and China in the cont...
The developments in the last five years in South China Sea has gained international attention following the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling in favour of the Philippines. The ruling clearly stated that the China’s claim of nine d...
As the world slowly coming with the terms of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, many observers said that the unexpected US debacle on Afghan soil gathers semblance of its pack up from Saigon, Vietnam. The scathing rupture in US credibilit...
In the mid of 2019, the publication by Wall Street Journal proclaimed that China and Cambodia have signed a secret military agreement. Since then, there has been a lot of speculation about Cambodia's relationship with China and its future p...
Gulf of Guinea is part of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and comprises of 17 western African states namely Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guine...
For India, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) presents an exceptional opportunity in forwarding its major foreign policy goals of ‘Neighbourhood first’ and ‘Act East. The geostrategi...
Japan and Indonesia’s 2+2 dialogue reached another high point when the defense and foreign ministers of the two countries came together to sign the much-awaited arms trade agreement facilitating exchange and operability in the region. Japan...
Indo-Pacific in the recent times has emerged as the engine of economic growth, bordering significant bilateral and multilateral ties such as the Comprehensive and Progressive Transpacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the Regional Comprehensive E...
Djibouti lies in Eastern Africa bordering Eritrea to the north Ethiopia to the west and Somalia to the South. It rests on the Bab El-Mandeb strait which connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Due to its strategic importance, larger numb...
India- Malaysia defence relations are crucial for both the nations’ security and strategic dynamics in East Asia and Southeast Asia. India’s interest in East Asia has been previously elaborated by its Look East Policy which was ratified in ...
The Mozambique Channel is about 100 nautical miles long and 250 nautical miles wide. To its east, lies the world’s fourth largest island Madagascar, and Mozambique to the west. Before the opening-up of Suez Canal on 17 November 1869, the Mo...
