"The Indian Ocean is critical to China's strategic and economic interests, as well as its geopolitical rivalry with India," said Matthew Funaiole, a senior fellow at CSIS who worked on the report ...

Survivors and victims’ relatives will next week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 220,000 people across more than a dozen countries.

Map showing China's presence in the Indian Ocean republished with permission from the International Institute for Strategic Studies. International Institute for Strategic Studies What To Know IISS ...

This week marks 20 years since one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the ...

Chinese PLA-linked vessels map the Indian Ocean for submarine warfare Beijing’s growing research activities in international waters are designed to expand undersea military operations, analysts say ...