STRATEGIC BALANCE IN SOUTH ASIA INCLUDING THE INDIAN OCEAN. Maqbool Ahmad Bhatty. Strategic Studies. Vol. 14, No. 4 (SUMMER 1992), pp. 21-28 (8 pages) Published By: Institute of Strategic Studies ...

Listen to this article The 5 April 2025 trilateral agreement between India, Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates to develop an energy hub in Trincomalee represents a strategic recalibration in the ...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Survivors and families of victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami 20 years ago visited mass graves, lit candles and comforted one another across Southeast and South Asia in ...

Russia has long been present in the Indian Ocean waters and is familiar with the region. India and Russia have been conducting bilateral biennial naval exercises, dubbed Indra, since 2008.

The Boeing 777 plane vanished from radar shortly after taking off on March 8, 2014, carrying 239 people. The plane headed south to the far-southern Indian Ocean, where it is believed to have crashed.

Meanwhile, the French Carrier Strike Group is now operating in the Indian Ocean, USNI News has learned. On Friday, the Pentagon released imagery of USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) operating in the South ...

"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.

The Chinese military lacks the air and naval power to protect Indian Ocean trade routes, which could make a protracted war over Taiwan hard to sustain, analysts say. Skip to main content ...