Quad Grouping and India’s role in it
Abstract With the emergence of china economically, the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region is in the centre of attraction. China on one hand is not only trying to enhance its influence but also trying...
Category: Indo – Pacific
Will Indo-Pacific become a battleground for the next Cold War?
Recently Mike Pompeo, US Secretary of State, in a press conference has said, “The US is shifting its military to face Chinese threats “. He also said that considering the threats posed by Communist...
Towards a Viable Quad: Countering Chinese Assertiveness through an Effective Maritime Model
While this article is being written, India is engaged with China in the Ladakh region. China’s growing assertiveness in the region has caused battle like conditions and has been a cause of concern for...
India-Australia MLEA and Opportunity for India in South Pacific
India signed a Mutual logistic exchange agreement (MLEA) with Australia. The talks have been going on for the last few years. In 2019, both countries had announced to sign an agreement. And on 4th...
India-Australia Strategic Partnership to counter Chinese influence?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison jointly participated in an India-Australia Leaders’ Virtual Summit on Thursday. It was the first time that PM Modi held a “bilateral”...
Contest for the Indo-Pacific: Why China Won’t Map the Future | Book Review
Napoleon was prescient in that he said when China “wakes she will shake the world”. In the space of four decades, China has built up the world’s largest economy in purchasing power parity terms. It...
Taiwan President rejects China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ agreement and garners U.S. backing
In her inaugural address after being sworn in for her second and final term in office, President Tsai Ing-wen outlined her plans to make the nation a major player in the post-coronavirus pandemic world order,...
The U.S.-Philippines defence alliance: An Uncertain Future
The president of the Philippines officially filed for the revocation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which provides U.S. troops with a legal basis to be available for military cooperation activities in the region...
Sino-Russian relations and its impact on the United States: Revival of the Quad with India in the centre
Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin is his “closest companion” during a three-day state visit early in 2019 to Russia. “In the past six years, we have met nearly 30 times. Russia...
COVID-19: What Does it Mean For the Indo Pacific?
As the world reels with the catastrophic reality of the coronavirus pandemic—overwhelmed health-care systems, painful numbers of deaths and the uncertainty of economic revival—the anger of many is directed at the Communist Party of...
