Abstract: Ever since the Indo-Pacific re-emerged as a viable strategic concept in 2017 and Asia’s four democratic major powers — the United States, Japan, Australia…
Country or Region: India
Abstract: The article asserts that China’s NOCs [national oil companies] have trumped Indian oil companies in four ways. First, Chinese NOCs have more oil blocks…
Abstract: Incoherent, or even nonexistent, is the common criticism leveled at India’s public opinion. Given this criticism, scholars of Indian foreign policy often do not…
Abstract: The paper analyses Bangladesh-India maritime connectivity in the Bay of Bengal region from a Bangladesh perspective. It aims at contributing to emerging literature on…
Abstract: The Bay of Bengal has for centuries been the scene of commercial and cultural interactions between the surrounding countries. In contrast, the second half…
Abstract: Motivated by regional economic integration and geo-strategic interests, the Bay of Bengal (BOB) littorals are now striving to build land and maritime connectivities to…
Abstract: The Indian Ocean region has seen an exchange of goods and commodities since antiquity. Long before the emergence of modern nation states and the…
Abstract: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s strategic pursuit of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific, anchored in his conceptualisation of the ‘Confluence of the Two Seas’ and…
Abstract: Non-alignment, the lodestar of India’s foreign policy decision-making, has gradually morphed into multi-alignment. Irrespective of the change in nomenclature, the point then and now…
Preview: India-Pakistan-China relations determine South Asia’s strategic stability. Recent Events and disputes have heightened regional tensions, and have drawn the world’s attention on the region’s…
Abstract: The economic importance of oceans to nations is well known. Nearly 80 percent of the world trade by volume is carried out through ships…
Abstract: Global economic growth has always been linked to trade, generating employment, wealth and as a result enhancing overall living standards of people. Seaborne trade…
Abstract: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) identifies its primary interest with the perpetuation of the governance of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Continuation…
Abstract: The Indian armed forces need not match the numerical superiority of the PLA in terms of manpower and equipment. There is no need for…
Abstract: A nation’s strength to thwart diverse threats to its interests and adequately address the varied transformational geo-political challenges in today’s highly troubled world rests…
