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.
When major powers like the United States and China threaten to send tectonic tremors across the world order, the emergence of strong Indo-Australian relationship ensure that they are prepared to handle them and the summit was a step in that direction ...
Biden administration will continue strengthening the QUAD, while collaborating with India in multilateral settings which will hopefully bring Indo-US diplomacy in a win-win situatio ...
While lashing out at China in New Delhi, Pompeo stressed it was important the two largest democracies should come closer ...
India’s foreign policy maintains ‘Strategic Autonomy’ which is on political ground anywhere in the world and hold an independent outlook on core strategic fronts adopting measures that best suits the National Interest ...
The role of UNSC requires more effectiveness in its functionality, moreover these international organizations needs to overcome the big power politics and work independently, without any big power politically shadowing its deliverables ...
The global reality of today is eerily similar to the days of the Cold War and political representatives at the helm ought to take small and calculated steps rather than a great leap forward ...
India has collated its security strategy with the island countries of Sri Lanka and the Maldives. These two island countries are key for India's Neighbourhood First and security policy ...
ASEAN has emerged as a ‘middle power’, though it has adopted AOIP but it also maintains its relations with China and tries to make the most from both the sides. This middle power tag on the ASEAN helps it to progress towards the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 for an integrated, peaceful and stable community ...
The role China has been playing in the region has changed the dynamics of the region. IOR has now become a battleground for numerous opportunities of wealth and security prospects, where the giants are luring the islands, which were once away from the limelight, into aid, development, and partnership ...
France in the Indo-Pacific: A Strategic Assessment
France, which always was an IOR country, can slowly and surely evolve into becoming an ‘Indo-Pacific country’, and given its affiliation to external regions, a leading one ...