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Quad vs. RCEP: A Resilient Supply Chain, Advantage India?
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) held its first ever (virtual) summit level meeting on March 12, 2021, between the heads of the four democratic partners—India, Japan, Australia and the United States. While the summit is historic for a number of…
A Look at the Indo-Pacific in 2020
On January 3, 2020, as United States’ military strikes killed Iran’s Major General Soleimani in Baghdad, the foreign policy world buzzed with speculations about its implications for Washington’s nascent Indo-Pacific strategy. There were concerns that the United States would be…
Hot Takes: Australia to Join Malabar 2020
India’s formal invitation to Australia to join the Malabar Exercise 2020 in November has raised two important questions. First, does this signal a change in India’s strategic posturing in the Indo-Pacific? In other words, is India shedding its hedging strategy…
COVID-19 and the Quad Leap
On October 6, the Quad—the informal coalition of Australia, India, Japan and the United States—held its second ministerial meeting in Tokyo. Despite the Quad’s quick death in 2008, increased Chinese assertiveness in the region led the four countries’ geostrategic outlooks…
کثیرالقومی وابستگی اور بھارتی خارجہ پالیسی: سال ۲۰۱۹ کا جائزہ
بھارتی وزیر برائے امور خارجہ جے شنکر نے حال ہی میں چوتھے رام ناتھ گوئنکا لیکچرسے خطاب کرتے ہوئے دعویٰ کیا کہ کثیرالقطبی ایشیا اور کثیرالقطبی دنیا کے تصور کو یقینی بنانے کیلئے ”ضروری ہے کہ بھارت مختلف ایجنڈوں پر…
Geopolitics of Indian Ocean Islands in 2019: Takeaways for Traditional Powers
China’s rapidly expanding presence in the Indian Ocean in recent years underlines the emergence of Beijing as a new player in the region. Increasing Sino-Indian competition as a result of this has brought the Indian Ocean back into geopolitical focus…