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.
Pakistan's economic and internal situation does not afford it the option to involve itself in the situation developing in the grouping growing in the Indo-Pacific, hence it must seek to leverage itself wherever possible to reap maximum geo-economic dividends, i.e., developing economic connectivity and forging developmental partnerships in the regio ...
The basis of the initiatives is to focus on the people of Asia and Africa is central to the formation of developmental cooperation between the two continents. ...
The best option for countries is to avoid knee-jerk reactions or quick fix solutions because they will not be viable in the long run. It is imperative that nations in the Indo-Pacific take a long term view and adopt a multipronged approach towards megalomaniac China ...
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 ...
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 ...
Strategic signaling in the Indo-Pacific: AUKUS vis-à-vis the QUAD
The very presence of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank and the Belt and Road Initiative widens the web of Chinese presence and efforts at being indispensably entrenched into the everyday life and economics of the countries of the Indo-Pacific and this often nullifies even the most blatant security concerns ...