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.
The Philippines' previous  lack of military capacity not only fostered dependence on the US but also raised concerns  in Washington that the Philippines might leverage the treaty to assert its South China Sea  claims in ways that could trigger unwanted conflict with China ...
The China-Taiwan relationship is not a problem to be "solved" in the short term, but a crisis to be "managed" indefinitely ...
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 ...
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 ...
Beyond Maritime Cooperation: The Quad's Security Architecture and India's Strategic Opportunities and Way Forward?
Quad enables India to pursue its strategy of multi-alignment while preserving strategic autonomy ...