China has been steadily increasing its defence budget for years, aiming to modernise its armed forces and project power regionally. This concerns some countries, particularly those with overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea....
In September 2013, China's President Xi Jinping unveiled the One Belt, One Road Initiative. Although many people didn't pay much attention to it at first, the concept has since evolved into a more prominent international project. This Proje...
India, the world's third-largest emitter of greenhouse gases and third-largest energy producer and consumer, vowed to achieve net zero emissions by 2070 during the COP26 summit in 2021. In a recent webinar on "Energy for Sustainable Growth,...
The Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory sparked a flurry of heated debates within and among the International Politics intelligentsia, but a large number of scholars agree that Russian belligerence arose in response to the West's unwill...
The history of Indian civilization has been tightly connected to the high seas around its territory. However, many scholars have repeatedly argued that India has a continental bias in its security policy. This led to a neglect of the mariti...
The AUKUS cooperation between the US, the UK, and Australia is already showering us with statecraft, strategy, and political lessons. The most difficult lessons learned by France, that strategic alliances are established on shared interests...
The purpose of this article is to find out Japan’s role in the development of undersea cables in Asia, but first we need to understand the role they play in the global economy. Secondly, recognize their role in the economic as well as polit...
After the return of power rivalry, China seems to outcompete other competitors in modernizing its military, especially its naval forces. Now, it is no longer debatable that China has gained much naval potential that dissuades the United Sta...
The submarine were considered a major threat to the during the World Wars as the forces lost the control of the sea to the naval powers. The submarine form of warfare, was prevalent in both the world wars and was even carried to the Cold Wa...
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...
As tensions escalate across the Indo-Pacific, the United States has seemingly initiated a renewed power plan for the region. Today, a majority of the tensions are concentrated around the South China Sea, where the US, China, Vietnam and the...
Once one of the world’s few remaining free-flowing rivers, the Mekong makes its way through six different countries. Flowing from China to Vietnam, it is not only seen as a river but rather as the lifeline of mainland Southeast Asia. The ri...
