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.
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 ...
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 ...
Is Might Still Right? Reviewing Realism in the Current International Chaos ...
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 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 ...
Indo-Pacific middle powers must move beyond rhetorical commitments to multipolarity and confront the practical discrepancies and material demands inherent in such a system ...
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 ...
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 ...
Similar to Japan's post-war resolve, the majority of South Asian countries today are initiating long-term development visions. The challenge lies in transforming these aspirations into a durable, institutionally driven, and regionally coordinated model of growth ...
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 ...