The question of ASEAN centrality and its relevance in the international security as well as addressing regional security concerns has been heavily highlighted. ASEAN has accepted that as the Indo-Pacific is a new formation, it needs to be g...
India and Philippines have signed the defence cooperation agreement in the year 2006. Since then there have been regular interactions between armed forces personnel, and also liaison visits by the high-ranking officials, and naval ships.&nb...
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional organisation of the ten South–East Asian countries- Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam, has been cooperating in v...
In recent times, the Indo-Pacific has become the largest geo-strategic cum political hotspot of the world. In terms of Cartographic Schematics, Indo-Pacific broadly covers the area between the western coast of the US and the eastern shores ...
In the document titled ‘Germany – Europe – Asia: shaping the 21st century together’( 72 pages document)outlined the new role that Germany envisaged for the European union. The country is the European Union (EU) chair and also one of th...
Following the escalating tensions between India and China at Eastern Ladakh region, and not so congenial relations between China and Australia, it has been felt that there is a need for greater cooperation between India, Japan and Australia...
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), established in 1969, has been at the forefront of space revolution in India. Very recently, on June 24, 2020, the Union Government under Prime Minister Modi opened India’s space sector to private p...
Cyber warfare has been the waging of war by one country against another in virtual domain. As the term needs proper definition and understanding among the general public, so creating awareness is vital to develop cyber architecture. To unde...
In 2019, ASEAN leaders acknowledged the Indo-Pacific as a geopolitical imagination, but have reinforced their commitment to the ASEAN-centered regional architecture. The ASEAN stance was manifested through a document ‘ASEAN Outlook on the I...
The Fish hook strategy was a US propelled strategy highlighted by Taiwan military intelligence official Liao Wen-chung. He described it as a “Fish Hook Undersea Defence Line”. The purpose of this defence line was the US developing unde...
China’s construction activity in the Sihanoukville port in Cambodia as part of One Belt One Road Initiative, and the adjoining development of a large air strip at Ream military base has garnered international media attention. In late 2019, ...
Cam Ranh Bay means ‘Sweet Stream’ which has always been the strategic point of interest since the 19th century as the French, Russian, Japanese and American navies used the wide, deep and protected natural harbours but also used it as a ref...
