Pacific, Southeast Asia faces growing pressure to preserve its sovereignty. Strategic autonomy – grounded in institutional ...

Geography cannot be altered. Nations must live with it and craft policies accordingly. Sri Lanka can no longer rely on vague ...

La Niña and El Niño events are the most well-known type of ocean variability to affect Australia. During a La Niña, the west ...

A new maritime chessboard is emerging across the Indian Ocean. Over the past decade, China has transformed several African ...

President Marcos’ visit to India came close on the heels of their first-ever military exercise in the South China Sea.

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

Located at the crossroads of vital Indian Ocean shipping lanes linking the Middle East and Asia, the Maldives has emerged as an unlikely but increasingly important foothold in Indo-Pacific strategic ...

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 ...

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.

Tidal waves wash through houses at Maddampegama, about 60 kilometers (38 miles) south of Colombo, Sri Lanka. December 26, 2004 [AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe] The Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the ...

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

U.S. health officials are cautioning travelers about a mosquito-borne illness being transmitted in parts of Asia, South ...