The Navy Chief Admiral Karambir Singh announced on 3rd December 2020, that the marine forces are planning to procure six more submarines and pitched for the third aircraft carrier. The Indian navy sees a third aircraft carrier as an absolut...
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...
In recent times the trans-regional economic corridors have gained a lot of attention from the world. They are popularly being considered to be the drivers of growth by including the lagging regions in the development processes. It is expect...
India Vietnam virtual summit which held on December 21st between the leadership of the two countries concluded with the signing of seven MOUs and also a time plan 2021-2023 for realising the potential of the comprehensive strategic partners...
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...
India and Vietnam will be holding their virtual summit between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the Prime Minister of Vietnam H.E Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 21st and would take stock of the activities that they intend to do in n...
The Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance signed by USSR & China in 1950 bound two states to assist each other militarily in case of an attack by Japan or any other state aiding Japan in aggression (Nandan and Uma, 2015). The...
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...
In the last week of February 2020, Indonesia's government approved the defence agreements which were previously formed with United States of America. Many scholars across the world have hailed this development as a significant step in Indon...
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...
The question of ASEAN centrality and its relevance in the international security as well as addressing regional security concerns has been heavily highlighted. ASEAN has accepted that as the Indo-Pacific is a new formation, it needs to be g...
