Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation
2 years ago

Accepting the new normal in the Indo-Pacific contestation

The Hindu  

As 2022 comes to an end, the world is embracing a ‘new normal’ where new fault lines are being reconfigured in the Indo-Pacific. As tensions between an aggressive China and an emerging India intensify, New Delhi’s Quad partners are also making inroads in its backyard, ushering significant changes in the region. China’s widening outreach The contestation for South Asia and the Indian Ocean is not new. In the Maldives, New Delhi is reciprocating President Ibrahim Solih’s ‘India First’ policy with massive economic assistance, grants, and infrastructure projects and by also cooperating on maritime security. But, most importantly, South Asian countries would also hesitate to completely move away from China as they hope to exercise their agency by balancing with China and India — essentially making this competition a ‘new normal’.

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Why China wants control over a vital Indian resource
4 days, 11 hours ago

Why China wants control over a vital Indian resource

India Today  

India and China, already at odds over various geopolitical and territorial issues, could soon face a new frontier of conflict—water. A massive $137 billion dam that China plans to construct on the Brahmaputra River has sparked fresh concerns in India, highlighting a long-standing fear of water being weaponised. With its control over the river’s origin, China can manipulate water flow, …

Grand Strategy | A new chapter for India’s regional strategic policy
4 days, 20 hours ago

Grand Strategy | A new chapter for India’s regional strategic policy

Hindustan Times  

In 2025, India’s foreign policy must deftly navigate a rapidly evolving strategic landscape in the neighbourhood. If indeed this is the regional strategic landscape India will be dealing with in 2025, what must New Delhi’s broad policy directions be? Even though great powers have lowered their interest in South Asia, New Delhi should explore creative ways to leverage their involvement …

An India-China reset needs bold and new thinking
2 weeks, 3 days ago

An India-China reset needs bold and new thinking

The Hindu  

The hallmark of mature leaders is to resolve disputes peacefully and not let them escalate into conflicts. Second, India must not deviate from its “One China” policy by appearing to support Taiwan’s independence or to play the “Tibet” card. With the U.S. under Trump 2.0 threatening to hike tariffs on Chinese imports, India’s large and fast-expanding market offers a growth …

DC Edit | 2024: Watershed year for Indian diplomacy
3 weeks, 1 day ago

DC Edit | 2024: Watershed year for Indian diplomacy

Deccan Chronicle  

The mandarins of the external affairs ministry can pat themselves on the back for a successful year of dialogue and diplomacy with various countries and at international forums. As if to indicate where the diplomatic push came from, President Xi Jinping had shepherded Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a photo opportunity after their meeting in Kazan, Russia on October 23 …

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence
1 month ago

How maritime trade has become a tool of diplomacy and deterrence

Firstpost  

As the geopolitical landscape shifts, particularly in contested waters such as the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, the role of navies as guardians of trade and deterrents of conflict is being redefined The Indian Ocean is a pivotal geopolitical nexus, serving as a bridge between the East and the West and a vital conduit for global trade and …

Time to reset the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Time to reset the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative

Hindustan Times  

Launched in 2019 at the ASEAN-led East Asia Summit in Bangkok, the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative appeared to hold promise as India’s guiding framework to strengthen its role and enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region. The IPOI, envisaged as a critical vista for enhancing cooperation and collaboration among like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific, was framed on seven key pillars: maritime ecology; …

India's Strategic Labyrinth: Navigating the Grey Zone with China
2 months, 1 week ago

India's Strategic Labyrinth: Navigating the Grey Zone with China

Hindustan Times  

Following the recent bilateral between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at the Brics Summit, there is speculation about the future of India-China ties. While India's economy is catching up to China's, the two countries face significant differences in terms of military strength, economic influence, and strategic interests. India's strategic challenges include Sino-Pak collusion, grey zone threats, and …

Quad gets an Indian boost
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Quad gets an Indian boost

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States is going well, what with the visit to Wilmington, and the hugs and the handshakes. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Quad Leaders Summit at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Delaware, USA, Saturday. Out of four, …

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?

The Diplomat  

As a country that straddles both the Indian and Pacific oceans, Australia has been an enthusiastic adopter of the Indo-Pacific construct. Recently through major defense strategy documents, Australia has redefined what it calls its “immediate region.” In addition to its traditional neighbors throughout the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia, the designation now also includes the northeast Indian Ocean. Alongside this, …

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before
4 months, 1 week ago

India’s China challenge: The stakes are higher than ever before

Firstpost  

There is hardly any clarity on what China wants — whether Beijing aims to amicably settle the boundary issues and make further progress in trade and cultural ties or if it seeks to encroach on India’s territory On April 10, 2024, amidst the high-pitched and polarising campaign for the upcoming national elections in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a …

No, Quad hasn’t lost its relevance; India is forcing it to become more broad-based and that’s a good thing
5 months ago

No, Quad hasn’t lost its relevance; India is forcing it to become more broad-based and that’s a good thing

Firstpost  

See what India is doing alongside Quad with Southeast Asian nations to understand how New Delhi is threading the China needle Never a dull moment in geopolitics. Goyal justified India’s decision to back out of the RCEP trade deal by saying, “We would have been a nation of salesmen hawking Chinese goods.” The minister’s comments and his exchange of barbs …

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy
5 months, 1 week ago

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy

Hindustan Times  

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy, released in December 2022, highlights the country’s willingness to engage with the Indo-Pacific concept, shedding the ambiguity of the earlier stance under president Yoon Suk Yeol’s predecessor. This policy step-up recognises emerging geopolitical trends that require South Korea to engage with new territories previously overlooked in its strategic radar, such as the Indian Ocean Region. President …

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy
5 months, 1 week ago

South Korea’s evolving Indian Ocean Region policy

Hindustan Times  

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy, released in December 2022, highlights the country’s willingness to engage with the Indo-Pacific concept, shedding the ambiguity of the earlier stance under president Yoon Suk Yeol’s predecessor. This policy step-up recognises emerging geopolitical trends that require South Korea to engage with new territories previously overlooked in its strategic radar, such as the Indian Ocean Region. The …

A new push in the Bay of Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

A new push in the Bay of Bengal

The Hindu  

India hosted the 2nd BIMSTEC Foreign Ministers’ Retreat in New Delhi earlier this month with a focus on providing an “informal platform to discuss ways and means of cooperating and accelerating action in security, connectivity, trade, and investment within the Bay of Bengal.” The retreat was held in preparation for the sixth summit meeting, scheduled for September, in which the …

Malaysia: A fulcrum for a new improved ASEAN-India-China strategic relationship?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Malaysia: A fulcrum for a new improved ASEAN-India-China strategic relationship?

Hindustan Times  

Major trade supply chains stand disrupted with conflicts that continue to persist around the world. Geographically, its constituent states straddle two of the most significant global trade routes, that of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. While it is a vital shipping route carrying trillions of dollars in cargo that acts as a gateway to the Indian Ocean, …

Global Express Exclusive | Will China spark the next world war? | Part 2
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Global Express Exclusive | Will China spark the next world war? | Part 2

New Indian Express  

This week we have a very unusual guest in Dr David Passig, aka the Futurist, the ‘man who saw tomorrow ‘ Prof Passig who teaches at Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, and is a best-selling author not only saw and predicted the cataclysmic 9/11, connecting the dots that no one had thought to, but also unsurprisingly, predicted the current conflict that …

India’s transformation critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia: Jaishankar
7 months, 2 weeks ago

India’s transformation critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia: Jaishankar

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: India’s transformation is critical to strengthening multipolarity in Asia and the country’s growing weight will ensure the world order remains in favour of freedom, openness and transparency, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday. External affairs minister S Jaishankar speaks during the 2024 Nikkei Future of Asia Forum on May 24 In a virtual address to Nikkei …

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea
8 months, 3 weeks ago

India’s nuanced approach in the South China Sea

The Hindu  

In March 2024, India’s External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, articulated, in a joint statement during his visit to Manila, India’s full support for the Philippines in upholding its national sovereignty. Both these statements are part of an evolving approach that signals a departure from India’s earlier more cautionary and neutral position vis-à-vis the South China Sea. China’s assertive posture and …

All eyes are now on the Indian Ocean region
9 months, 3 weeks ago

All eyes are now on the Indian Ocean region

The Hindu  

While the Indian government’s focus from January 2021 was fixed on the Indo-Pacific with a sustained endeavour to strengthen the Quad, policy attention has shifted back to the Indian Ocean since October 2023. While they are concerned about Beijing’s illegal claims in the South China Sea, they must see that a similar kind of assertiveness and hostile intent is building …

Rise of China, unsettled borders will be most formidable challenge for India: CDS Gen Chauhan
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Rise of China, unsettled borders will be most formidable challenge for India: CDS Gen Chauhan

Firstpost  

At the Third Strategic and Security Dialogue on China’s Rise and Its Implications for the World, General Chauhan stressed the importance of managing the People’s Liberation Army strategically at all places of contention regarding the disputed borders According to General Chauhan, India's border disputes with its neighbors have given rise to phrases like Actual Ground Position Line, Line of Actual …

A Delhi-Tokyo-Seoul trilateral in the making
9 months, 3 weeks ago

A Delhi-Tokyo-Seoul trilateral in the making

Hindustan Times  

During his back-to-back visits to Seoul and Tokyo recently, external affairs minister, S Jaishankar, set the tone and agenda for future cooperation with two of India’s major partners in the Indo-Pacific. Japan and South Korea play pivotal roles in India’s Indo-Pacific outreach, contributing significantly to the region’s strategic landscape across various dimensions. The Quad partnership, which includes Japan, aligns with …

India and the Greater Indo-Pacific: Balancing geopolitical equations
10 months ago

India and the Greater Indo-Pacific: Balancing geopolitical equations

Firstpost  

Synopsis Looking at the complex geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges the Indo-Pacific region is currently grappling it is necessary that there is a need to broaden the geopolitical concept of the Indo-Pacific to the Greater Indo-Pacific. Along with these wars, the rise of China is also posing a substantial challenge to the Greater Indo-Pacific encompassing major countries of the “Eurasian Heartland” …

India-Japan-South Korea trilateral: Time to chart new paths in the Indo-Pacific
10 months ago

India-Japan-South Korea trilateral: Time to chart new paths in the Indo-Pacific

Firstpost  

The three nations must take the opportunity to fortify their partnership to safeguard their interests and uphold the international rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific In 2011 an idea was germinated in New Delhi over a dinner reception, and that idea led to the formation of a trilateral between India, South Korea, and Japan. Japan and South Korea can utilise this …

Staking Maldives, Looking Lakshadweep: Why India Needs the Neighbourhood
11 months ago

Staking Maldives, Looking Lakshadweep: Why India Needs the Neighbourhood

Deccan Chronicle  

In what must be a unique phenomenon for any country, Maldives periodically chooses between two of the largest contestants on earth in a national election. Maldives’ Deputy ministers Malsha Shareef, Mariyam Shiuna and Abdulla Mahzoom Majid threw the gauntlet by ridiculing India’s Prime Minister in an unacceptable manner and rousing anti-India sentiments. Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma, Distinguished Fellow at VIF, …

Sustainable Indian Ocean
11 months, 1 week ago

Sustainable Indian Ocean

China Daily  

Sustainable Indian Ocean 2024-02-02 The Indian Ocean Conference is a major consultative forum involving countries concerned to discuss the potential of regional cooperation. Along with strategic competition, China's BRI is bringing the Indian Ocean countries closer to China. This conference is going to be held with the slogan of 'Towards a stable and sustainable Indian Ocean' along with promoting connectivity, …

Delhi-Paris tango offers a third way of diplomacy
11 months, 1 week ago

Delhi-Paris tango offers a third way of diplomacy

Hindustan Times  

In the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war in February 2022, several western countries fussed over India’s refusal to explicitly condemn Russia. Simultaneously, French President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial visit to China last year, coupled with his desire to deepen economic ties with Beijing, raised questions about France’s ambiguous policy towards China. This is why despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s last-minute invitation, …

Challenge in the Indian Ocean
11 months, 1 week ago

Challenge in the Indian Ocean

Hindustan Times  

The Indian Ocean region has become restive, with the war in West Asia finding an echo in the waters surrounding India, including a surge in attacks on merchant ships and attempted hijacking of vessels. While India has been involved in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia since 2008, the current situation has required the deployment of 10 frontline warships …

The outlook for 2024, for the world and India
1 year ago

The outlook for 2024, for the world and India

The Hindu  

What is apparent as 2024 dawns is that global risks and uncertainties are only likely to increase, reminding us that we are living in a time of great peril. A Biden victory in the United States presidential election may well depend on the way the war in Ukraine turns, as a decisive defeat for Putin’s Russia, would boost his chances. …

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam
1 year ago

Vantage | India's message to China with a warship in Manila, soldiers in Vietnam

Firstpost  

India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic partnerships in the region In a noteworthy development, the Indian Navy has extended its military footprint in the South China Sea, marking a significant shift in regional dynamics. India’s proactive stance in the South China Sea is evident through its military engagements and strategic …

Indo-Pacific Disputes Can Escalate into Conflict, Says Chief of Naval Staff
1 year, 1 month ago

Indo-Pacific Disputes Can Escalate into Conflict, Says Chief of Naval Staff

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The disputes in the Indo-Pacific do have the possibility of getting out of control and turning into conflict, Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar said on Friday against the backdrop of growing global concerns over China's increasing military assertiveness in the region.In a media briefing ahead of Navy Day on December 4, he also said India …

India and Japan Converge in Southeast Asia
1 year, 1 month ago

India and Japan Converge in Southeast Asia

The Hindu  

Upon dropping a series of Chinese-led infrastructure projects due to sustainability and geopolitical concerns, the Philippines is now redirecting its attention to Japan and India as alternative sources of development and security. Thus, Japan and India’s bolstered engagements in Southeast Asia complement the interest of resident countries like the Philippines to lessen their susceptibility to China’s expanding economic clout and …

India-China power play gets new life in Maldives
1 year, 3 months ago

India-China power play gets new life in Maldives

Hindustan Times  

Presidential elections in the Maldives have been rather traditional — each election offering a new chance to a new president. His “India First” policy increased the country’s development and defence partnership with New Delhi, and Chinese projects harmful to Indian interests were averted. Through rallies, disinformation, and protests, the campaign has politicised India’s defence and development assistance, mustered nationalist sentiments, …

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics
1 year, 3 months ago

How the Maldives elections will shape Indian Ocean geopolitics

Hindustan Times  

As the India-China rivalry is played out across the Indian Ocean region, domestic politics is becoming a key focal point of geopolitics. In the last decade, as China’s naval presence has grown across the Indian Ocean, the region has become a centerpiece of strategic rivalry between India and China. The question of China’s growing military and economic presence and its …

View From India | Dispute in the South China Sea
1 year, 3 months ago

View From India | Dispute in the South China Sea

The Hindu  

Tensions in the South China Sea flared once again when China installed a 300-metre floating barrier near the disputed Scarborough Shoal and the Philippines removed it last week. Ananth Krishnan dives into this question in this profile of the South China Sea, “Asia’s disputed waters.” He writes simmering tensions in the waters have ramifications to all countries in the Indo-Pacific …

India Will Uphold A Free, Stable Indo-Pacific, Says Army Chief
1 year, 3 months ago

India Will Uphold A Free, Stable Indo-Pacific, Says Army Chief

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande on Tuesday told the Army Chiefs from the Indo-Pacific region that India was committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations are respected. "While efforts by countries are converging towards effecting a free and stable Indo-Pacific, yet we are witnessing manifestations of inter-state …

No nation can tackle alone challenges of Indo-Pacific: Rajnath
1 year, 3 months ago

No nation can tackle alone challenges of Indo-Pacific: Rajnath

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said security considerations have elevated the strategic significance of the Indo-Pacific and the vast stretch confronts a web of challenges that no country can tackle alone, with army chief General Manoj Pande describing it as a theatre of complexities with manifestations of interstate competitions and a top US general calling for deepening …

India and US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows
1 year, 3 months ago

India and US army chiefs call for free and stable Indo-Pacific as Chinese influence grows

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s army chief on Tuesday said the country was committed to maintaining a free and stable Indo-Pacific, where the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations is respected, as global concern grows over Chinese influence in the region. General Manoj Pande made the comments at the Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs Conference, hosted by India and the U.S., which …

India and the great power contest in West Asia
1 year, 3 months ago

India and the great power contest in West Asia

The Hindu  

At the G-20 summit in New Delhi earlier this month, United States President Joe Biden and others unveiled a U.S.-backed infrastructure project to connect India, West Asia and Europe with shipping lanes, rail networks, pipelines and data cables. These seemingly unrelated but geopolitically contiguous developments offer a broad framework of Mr. Biden’s approach towards West Asia, a geostrategically important region …

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities
1 year, 3 months ago

India-South Korea relations in the age of Indo-Pacific: Challenges and opportunities

Firstpost  

The year 2023 marks 50 years of India and the Republic of Korea, South Korea, bilateral relations. RoK’s immediate security concerns are the nuclear powers communist China and North Korea, the latter being backed by the former. Over 50 per cent of India’s global trade passes through the South China Sea. India-RoK bilateral defence deals and the recently held Korea-India …

At G-20, Japan backs India, not China, as bridge to Global South: Japanese experts
1 year, 4 months ago

At G-20, Japan backs India, not China, as bridge to Global South: Japanese experts

The Hindu  

Beyond the immediate outcomes of the G-20 Summit, one key takeaway with longer term implications is the positioning of India as a key bridge to the “Global South” for Japan and the West, in the view of Japanese experts. “Japan sees a rivalry over the leadership of the ‘Global South’ between India and China, and it is in the interest …

India’s rising geopolitical clout will be tested as it hosts the G20 summit
1 year, 4 months ago

India’s rising geopolitical clout will be tested as it hosts the G20 summit

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Ahead of India’s hosting of the G20 summit of leading economies, its prime minister invited 125 mostly developing countries to a virtual meeting in January to signal New Delhi’s intention to be their champion on the world stage. Steering through fractures among the world’s various blocs over Russia’s war in Ukraine will be a “diplomatic high-wire act” …

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna
1 year, 4 months ago

U.S.' relationship with India 'critical' in dealing with China, Russia: Congressman Ro Khanna

The Hindu  

The U.S.' relationship with India is "critical" in dealing with its strategic adversaries — China and Russia, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Mr. Khanna said it was unreasonable for the U.S. to expect that India will block the Strait of Malacca during a conflict with China, but New Delhi can be aggressive on its borders in Ladakh and Arunachal …

With muscle-flexing from South China Sea to LAC, China stirs tensions with neighbours
1 year, 4 months ago

With muscle-flexing from South China Sea to LAC, China stirs tensions with neighbours

The Hindu  

From the South China Sea to the Line of Actual Control with India, China has been more forcefully pushing its territorial claims with neighbours with the aim of dissuading their warming ties with the United States, a risky strategy that experts said could end up backfiring. While the latest 19th round talks between China and India, held on August 13 …

Slippery Slope of Geopolitics: The Sino Slide - News18
1 year, 4 months ago

Slippery Slope of Geopolitics: The Sino Slide - News18

News 18  

For four decades, the Chinese juggernaut has been marching forward. By the end of the last decade, the world, including the US, the P5 nations and India, had more or less reconciled to a future dominated by the G2 — the US and China. Indian public opinion now clearly treats China as its enemy number one — a burden that …

India seeks bigger role in Indo-Pacific as China continues on aggressive path
1 year, 5 months ago

India seeks bigger role in Indo-Pacific as China continues on aggressive path

Live Mint  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given a "guarantee" that during his third term, India will become the third largest economy, one place below China, a country with which India is having bilateral issues for quite a while now. The recent developments in the region are hinting that India is seeking a big-brother role in the Indo-Pacific region, especially for countries …

US seeks stronger alliance with India in South China Sea
1 year, 6 months ago

US seeks stronger alliance with India in South China Sea

India Today  

The United States expects a greater partnership with India in the South China Sea, where China has been at the center of numerous territorial disputes with regional countries, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia said on Wednesday. The United States and India declared themselves "among the closest partners in the world" last week during a state visit to Washington …

India plays crucial role in ensuring a free and open Indo Pacific: Biden administration
1 year, 6 months ago

India plays crucial role in ensuring a free and open Indo Pacific: Biden administration

Firstpost  

The US, India and several other world powers have been talking about the need to ensure a free, open and thriving Indo-Pacific in the backdrop of China’s rising military manoeuvring in the region. India plays a critical role in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific that is integrated, prosperous, secure, and resilient, the Biden administration stated a week before Prime …

U.S.-India ties facilitate development of defence platforms: Lloyd Austin
1 year, 7 months ago

U.S.-India ties facilitate development of defence platforms: Lloyd Austin

The Hindu  

The U.S.-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technology allows the exploration of new ways to co-develop key defence platforms, U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd J. Austin said in Singapore on Saturday, adding that the U.S. is committed to sharing the technological advances it has made to help its allies. Stressing that partnerships between countries can strengthen ties, Mr. Austin said …

Why the Pacific islands are key
1 year, 7 months ago

Why the Pacific islands are key

Hindustan Times  

Off the northeastern coast of Australia in the Pacific Ocean is a smattering of islands, which form the frontline in the battle to survive in a warming Earth, and the associated vagaries of rapid sea level rise and rash changes in climate phenomenon. Yet, these small islands — sandwiched between the United States, China and Australia — also serve another …

The View From India | The importance of Modi’s Indo-Pacific Tour
1 year, 7 months ago

The View From India | The importance of Modi’s Indo-Pacific Tour

The Hindu  

Speaking in Hiroshima on the first leg of a three-nation Indo-Pacific tour to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a call for countries to “respect the U.N. Charter, international law and sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries” – remarks that held significance both to Russia, the country on top of the agenda for the …

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