The recently concluded inaugural ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) in the South China Sea signifies the deepening military ties between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India. The exercise showcased the partici...
Indo-Pacific region has many multilateral economic organisations which are seen as organisations which can provide a hope for regional economic integration. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is different as it is in evolutionary phase. This a...
The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s leading security summit, takes place in Singapore since its inception in 2002. It has been organised by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), think tank based in London. The name of the fo...
The two-day visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Australia ended on May 24th 2023. The 20,000-person diaspora gathering that PM Modi addressed in Sydney alongside Australian PM Anthony Albanese and other lawmakers was the highlig...
On April 24-29 this year, President Yoon Suk-Yeol of South Korea visited the United States of America to meet his counterpart, President Joe Biden. Numerous arguments appeared to reveal President Yoon’s purpose, ranging from securing Korea’...
A $2 billion worth deal between Vietnam and Russia in December 2009 led to six kilo-class submarines being inducted in the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN). Additionally, the deal includes training programs from the Vietnamese naval crew in Russ...
The Indo-French Strategic Partnership has turned 25 years old in 2023. It was launched on January 26, 1998, on President Chirac's visit to India, and it represents both countries' desire to enhance their separate strategic independence via ...
The External Affairs Minister visited the Maldives and Sri Lanka from 18 to 20 January to improve India's ties with its critical maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean Region. Significantly, the Maldives and Sri Lanka have a special positi...
Terrorism in Indonesia has been a significant concern in recent years, with several attacks and plots being carried out by extremist groups both within the country and those affiliated with international organizations such as Al-Qaeda and t...
ASEAN leaders have in-principle agreed to admit Timor-Leste. But this admission is conditioned upon Timor-Leste successfully fulfilling a criteria-based roadmap. This objective roadmap has not yet been drafted, let alone put up for adoption...
Both Japan and Australia are important to the development of the Indo-Pacific region. They share a common commitment to upholding the rule of law, democracy, and human rights. On October 22, the Prime Ministers of Japan and Australia signed...
Former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe unveiled a strategic framework for a free and open Indo-Pacific in 2016 which since 2017 has been propagated as the Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) strategy. With Southeast Asia being at the heart...
