Apart from sharing the common threat that China presents in front of these countries, India and Taiwan shares so much in common. India and Taiwan are natural allies both shares the democratic values, uphold rule of law and human rights. Ind...
Maritime security and sovereign control depend on 2 major metrics. Firstly, the naval fleets of the nations concerned allow them to demarcate their military strength and presence in the maritime area. Naval fleets allow them a certain recog...
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...
The United States of America has always kept a special eye on the developments of Chinese diplomacy. Developments along the lines of security, economic policies, political developments, or strategic directions are always important for the U...
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...
Amid the escalating tensions in the Indo-Pacific region stemming from China’s display of military muscle and expansionist design, the spectre of a new cold war with the US and China as the two major combatants is drifting the world to a maj...
With the coming to power of Xi Jinping in 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has adopted a pugnacious foreign policy from direct intervention in Hong Kong to militarising the South China Sea, trade war with the US and border dispute...
In recent years, a new wave of flare up in Sino-Japanese geostrategic competition in the Pacific has galvanised the region by adding traditional and new players into the equation. The once neglected region in the post-Cold War world order, ...
The once politically peaceful, geographically isolated and sea-locked Pacific region is becoming a pawn in the game of power politics among traditional and regional powers over the past years. The assertive and bold Chinese behaviour in the...
Over the past two decades, China has widened and deepened its economic and diplomatic footprint in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This unprecedented Chinese power posturing in the Blue Pacific region has caused trepidation in the corr...
China has made it clear in its defence white papers and in many public statements by leaders that Tibet, Taiwan, Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands and South China Sea are inalienable parts of China and comprise its core areas which means these are non...
In the Indian foreign policy and strategic discourse, island nations have found a special reference. Those island nations, which lie close to the strategic sea lanes or are close to mainland, have important strategic and commercial signific...
