Europe’s growing Indo-Pacific interest
By Lisa Louis*
The Netherlands recently published its first official strategy paper for the Indo-Pacific, just ten weeks after Germany had brought out its own....
Malabar: Australian message to China
After a gap of 13 years, Australian forces joined their counterparts from the
United States, Japan and India (not 2020) an annual naval exercise in the...
Germany’s peace and security role in Indo-Pacific
By Brendan Nicholson*
As the political and economic centre of the world shifts from the Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific, and geostrategic competition increases, Germany, the...
Australian Malabar role helps Indian defence
By Prakash Gopal
The inclusion of Australia in the 2020 Exercise Malabarsignals India’s resolve to defend its interests in the region.
Lying at the south-eastern extremity...
US boosts Coast Guard presence
The U.S. national security adviser said on Friday the U.S Coast Guard was basing Enhanced Response Cutters in the western Pacific for maritime security...
Japanese F35As train with USS America
Land-based Japanese F-35As trained alongside the U.S. Navy’s first-in-class amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) in the western Pacific during “advanced combined operations” earlier...
Australia to join Malabar exercise
Australia will join the India-led Malabar 2020 naval exercise next month, operating along with the U.S. and Japan in an exercise meant to send...
Chagos: a year since UK was ordered out
By Nilanthi Samaranayake*
November 2020 will mark the one-year anniversary when the United Kingdom should have left the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as...
The Quad sharpens its edges
By Brahma Chellaney*
The Quad, a loose strategic coalition of the Indo-Pacific region’s four leading democracies, is rapidly solidifying this year in response to China’s...
India agrees to US-Maldives accord
A defence agreement the U.S. government signed with the Maldives this month is a sign of shifting geopolitical tides in a strategic stretch of...