In the oceans, at a depth of as low as 5000 meters, there lie the critical minerals for the usage of modern societies starting from smartphones to electric cars to green energy. Oceans provide an alternative to land-based resources as they ...
China continues to browbeat its neighbours on all its frontiers and seeks to further bolster its influence and establish its maritime imprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In response India has o...
India and Philippines have signed the defence cooperation agreement in the year 2006. Since then there have been regular interactions between armed forces personnel, and also liaison visits by the high-ranking officials, and naval ships.&nb...
China has been investing in Asia and Africa so as to further its trade and investment prospects under BRI, and one of the means that it has adopted in Africa is to develop ports and associated infrastructure. This is meant to harness resour...
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...
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is an island country located between Oceania and Southeast Asia. It occupies the eastern part of the Timor Island which is the largest and the easternmost island in the Lesser Sunda Archipelago. The we...
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 ...
The phrase 'Enemy's enemy is your friend' is very relevant in international politics and has been used as a tool to further one's (a country) interest. The same is true for Iran and Venezuela, whose relationship has been invigorated in past...
On November 4th 2019, Thailand passed the baton of ASEAN leadership to Vietnam. Vietnam officially became part of the ASEAN community in 1995 and became its 7th member. It remained outside the grouping during the Cold War era, and the ASEAN...
The relations between China and Pakistan have been long-standing, strong and are based on mutual cooperation. China has emerged as an all-weather friend of Pakistan. The common ambitions, perceptions and policies have helped the two countri...
In the past decade, Bangladesh has emerged as an important player in China's political expansion strategy. Military cooperation between the two states in form of arms supply and construction of military infrastructure has increased in past ...
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...
