Lithium Triangle, comprising of Chile, Bolivia and Argentina, currently is the most sought-after region in South America. Current situation of the lithium triangle has seen with progress bi- lateral and multi- lateral trade agreements with ...
Diego Garcia, a 30 square kilometer island, the largest in the Chagos Archipelago lies within the maritime boundary of Mauritius. It is a seen as a secretive military base which has been used by the US to send its aircrafts and warships acr...
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...
When the Mauritian Prime Minister Jugnauth congratulated the U.S President elect Joe Biden, the political storm on the issue of the Diego Garcia became intense. A secret military island, Diego Garcia is an important territory for USA as it ...
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...
Since the early months of 2020, the international community has been battling a viral outbreak, which has quickly grown into a widespread pandemic. The advent of coronavirus has virtually thrown away the adventure of globalization and has b...
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) or One Belt One Road (OBOR) is an ambitious project of China which was launched in the year 2013. It seeks to connect different geopolitical landscapes through different development projects in various cou...
President Jokowi hosted the Indian Ocean Rim Association's Leaders' Summit in March 2017 in Jakarta, Indonesia entitled "Strengthening Maritime Cooperation for a Peaceful, Stable and Prosperous Indian Ocean". This event was significant in t...
China has been very assertively becoming an aggressive and expansionist power and has been building its cult of string of pearls and artificial islands, threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of most countries in the world. S...
Recently, the Government of India released the Draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP 2020) with the aim to develop a robust and competitive indigenous defence industry, reduce the dependence on defence imports, and to ...
On 4th November 2019, the US, Japan, and Australia jointly announced the Blue Dot Network (BDN) at the Indo-Pacific Business Forum in Thailand during the 35th ASEAN Summit. This initiative seeks to employ a multi-stakeholder approach to pro...
On July 2020, the Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020. The Act was approved by both the Philippines’ Senate and House of Representatives in February and June 2020 respectively. This new legislation w...
