Politics of Renaming Features and the South China Sea
Renaming features in the South China Sea is not a new phenomenon. This has been there at the onset; disputed countries have been renamed before to rationalize claims and manufactured history ...
INDO-PACIFIC AFFAIRS
Indo-Pacific Affairs has emerged as a major center of geo-strategic interest. As a political and strategic concept, it has gradually established in the foreign policy lexicon of some countries, especially the United States, India, Japan and Australia. Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs focus on Southeast Asia, the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
ARTICLES
Not One Inch: Continuity from Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping in China’s Maritime Manifest Destiny
While Mao’s foreign policy was often a struggle for the PRC's very existence, Xi’s strategy is a struggle for dominance, framed as the inevitable return to a historical norm ...
Sri Lanka’s Strategic Neutrality: Denying U.S. Request for Combat Aircraft Landing
In standing firm on neutrality, Sri Lanka reaffirmed its commitment to peace, autonomy, and the avoidance of entanglement in military alliances, a choice that will shape its international relations for years to come ...
Value-Based Realism as Middle Power Logic? The Case for Philippines
Is Might Still Right? Reviewing Realism in the Current International Chaos ...
Small State, Big Influence: The Geopolitical Importance of Sri Lanka in the Indian Ocean Region
Sri Lanka exemplifies how a small, strategically located state can influence regional geopolitics. Its geography, natural harbors, energy infrastructure, and multi-alignment strategy enhance its relevance in the Indian Ocean and Indo-Pacific ...
​The Silent Takeover: How Industrial Fishing Fleets are Redrawing Maritime Borders
The silent takeover of the South China Sea is a warning to the rest of the world. It demonstrates how civilian resources can be weaponised to achieve strategic ends without the "messiness" of kinetic warfare ...
The Burden of Multipolarity for Indo-Pacific Middle Powers
Indo-Pacific middle powers must move beyond rhetorical commitments to multipolarity and confront the practical discrepancies and material demands inherent in such a system ...
Scam Centres in Southeast Asia and the case of Indo-Pacific Security: a Brief Analysis
On the face of it, these scam centres may appear to be operating from a compact space along the border regions of Southeast Asia, but in reality, they constitute a very integral non-traditional security threat emanating from the Indo-Pacific region ...
India-Japan Partnership: An assessment of its viability as a Strategic Anchor in the Indo-Pacific
The India-Japan relationship is one of the most resilient and capable frameworks in the Indo-Pacific. The core strength of the bilateral relations lies in its ability to adapt to domestic and external pressures while maintaining shared purpose ...
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The Cross-Strait Pendulum: Navigating the New Normal in China-Taiwan Relations
The China-Taiwan relationship is not a problem to be "solved" in the short term, but a crisis to be "managed" indefinitely ...