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

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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 ...

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

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

Over the past decade, China has built up economic and military ties across the Indian Ocean. The region holds 40% of the world’s offshore oil and four of the most important maritime chokepoints.

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

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.

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

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 ...