Quad isn’t an option, but a necessity for Indo-Pacific peace
Since early 2020 the Indo-Pacific region comprising countries from West Coast of India in Indian Ocean Region to West Coast of the US in the Pacific Ocean, which is home to half of the...
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Malabar 2020 – Beginning of a new era
Exercise Malabar began in the year 1992 as a bilateral exercise between India and the United States. Japan became a permanent partner in the year 2015. Singapore used to join the exercise once in a...
Malabar Naval exercise and Participation of Australia
Malabar naval exercise first started in 1992 between India and the United States. It was the period when the Cold War just ended. When America approached India in the military to military cooperation, the...
Second Quadrilateral Ministerial Meeting at Tokyo: An Assessment
In 2019, the first Quad ministerial meeting was held in the US at New-York on the sidelines of UNGA (United national general assembly). The various issues such as maritime security, cybersecurity, environment, climate change...
India – Australia – USA – Japan Ministerial Meeting
The Second India-Australia-Japan-USA Ministerial Meeting held in Tokyo has upheld its momentum with the Indian Foreign Minister, S. Jaishankar highlighting India’s commitments towards making the Indo-Pacific region free, open and inclusive. US Secretary of...
The changed direction of wind in the East Asian Politics
Japan’s longest-serving post-war prime minister Shinzo Abe’s legacy cannot be easily defined. The man was a revisionist nationalist & a pragmatic realist as well. The stark contrast clearly divided commentators within Japan & internationally...
Quad and its expansion: France as a Fifth Member?
Abstract Quad 1.0 emerged in 2007 during the high scale natural disaster in the Indo-Pacific region. Later on, Australia withdrew itself from this security dialogue. The major argument is, it’s a democratic alliance against...
Indo-Pacific: Quad and India
Abstract The ‘Indo-Pacific’ is an emerging geopolitical construct which aims to promote peace, security and stability in the region. This particular region is also known as ‘Asia-Pacific’. But due to changing geopolitical dynamics especially...
India-Japan: The need for a more proactive partnership
Introduction India and Japan, two nations with vast histories filled with rich cultural enigma, were linked with each other since the Vedic period when the Buddhist religion first set foot on this planet. The...
Resurgence of a powerful QUAD to counter an Asian giant
Since the start of the 21st century, there has been a growing fear of an ambitious power like China developing its strategic as well as economic influence in the Asian continent and all the...
