What Chinese Discourse Reveals about Beijing’s Reaction to Article 370
On August 5, when India abrogated Article 370 of its constitution and revoked Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)’s special status, the echoes of the action could […]
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Sri Lanka’s Maritime Security Dilemma
Within the broad category of maritime security—which encompasses dealing with piracy, terrorism, territorial disputes, trafficking, and natural disasters—an emerging global trend is the push for […]
What Does Nepal Expect from Modi 2.0?
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his second term in May, there was a sense of expectation in Kathmandu that the Nepal-India relationship would […]
ASEAN’s Outlook for the Indo-Pacific: An Attempt to Set Rules of the Game
Negating allegations that the grouping takes weak positions on issues of geostrategic sensitivity, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently came out with the […]
Avoiding Incidents at Sea between India and China
Introduction For the last half century, the India-China rivalry has played out on land as both countries consolidated their borders as independent states. Recently, this […]
Imran Khan’s Visit to Washington: Turning the Page?
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan along with a delegation of high-level Pakistani government and military officials will visit the United States next week to meet […]
Indo-U.S. Relations in 2019: Navigating Complex Differences
Just when it seemed that Indo-U.S. ties had attained a semblance of predictability, relations between the oldest and the largest democracies of the world are […]
The Andaman Sea: India’s Geostrategic Gateway in the Indo-Pacific
In his speech at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi detailed India’s aspiration to cultivate an “open, stable, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific” […]
Is China Walking on Thin Ice in South Asia?
Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to visit Beijing from July 3 to 5 to sign several agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with […]
India’s Iran Challenge: Balancing Energy Security and Foreign Policy
In May 2018, President Donald Trump decided to pull the United States out of the nuclear deal that the P5+1 nations had reached with Iran in July […]