Development diplomacy remains India’s strongest soft-power tool in the Indian Ocean. The contrast between India’s ...

China’s growing deployment of survey vessels in the Indian Ocean underscores a reality only recently acknowledged in the ...

Analysts suggest this marks a shift in India’s regional presence, extending its ‘necklace of diamonds’ strategy eastward.

In the unease since May, New Delhi sees the tandem enmity of Pakistan and China, now joined by Bangladesh, as its biggest ...

Each year from June to September, a series of heavy rains known as monsoons sweep through the Indian subcontinent, providing relief from heat, irrigating the country’s farms and replenishing its ...

Sri Lanka is one of the world’s most enigmatic destinations. Size-wise, it’s slightly smaller than Scotland, meaning you can ...

China is gaining strategic influence over India in South Asia. Post by Joshua Kurlantzick May 28, 2025 9:44 am (EST) ...

The April 2025 trilateral agreement between India, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to develop Trincomalee's energy hub represents a strategic counterweight to China's expanding Indian Ocean ...

Japan’s central bank stood pat on short-term interest rates at 0.5% for the fourth consecutive policy meeting.

The Indian Ocean is not a stepping stone to the Indo-Pacific but the mainstay of India’s maritime and strategic calculus. Without it, India’s Indo-Pacific ambitions are adrift.