The recent visit to Southeast Asia in December by the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, marks the first official visit to the region by a high-ranking diplomat since President Joe Biden took office early this year. His maiden tour bega...
The unveiling of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in 2015 positioned Gwadar in Pakistan's mainstream media as the starting point for a new era of Chinese investments that will alter the course of Pakistan's and the region's fates...
The region of East Asia has become an epicentre of conflicts primarily because of China’s growing military dominance and North Korea’s increasing missile arsenals. These efforts of China and North Korea are leading the region of East Asia t...
In the 2019 fiscal year, India's merchandise exports to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) grew at a compound annual growth rate of about 5 percent to reach a total of $103 billion. Its imports from the region also increased...
Formed in 1971 after the withdrawal of British forces east of the Suez, the five Power defense Arrangements (FPDA), has a primary aim to protect former colonies Malaysia and Singapore in a region marred in conflict. The two South East Asian...
In the first week of October, one of the US Navy’s prized nuclear submarines collided with an unknown object while patrolling the South China Sea (SCS). A Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine, the USS Connecticut slammed into the submerged o...
Ever since China has set on an unprecedented wave of growth and development, no move by it fails to make it to the global headlines and causes uproars regularly. China has left no domain untouched from its reach and is relentlessly followin...
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 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...
AUKUS is less surprising, but it does point to a historical pattern in Australia's troubled submarine history. Prior to the deal's implementation in 2021, Australia had agreed to purchase 12 conventional submarines from France, but this has...
India and Australia's relationship has never had a defined name and category. It for a long time was dubbed a "natural" relationship because both the countries share similar "values" and "history". However, experts had it that for the major...
India's engagement with Central Asia has increased in the last decade. India has emerged as one of the leading countries in the world - both economically and strategically. As a part of its strategic cooperation, the five Central Asian coun...
