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REAM NAVAL BASE UPGRADE PROJECT IN CAMBODIA: NEW POINT FOR GEOPOLITICAL CONTESTATION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
A resurgent China aspires to be a great maritime power with a vision to maintain a naval presence in distant seas across the globe. Recognising that this presence can only be sustained through logistics and administrative support, Beijing seeks…

THE US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY 2022: AN ANALYSIS
Introduction
In its 2019 “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report”, the US emphasised preparedness, partnerships, and the promotion of a networked region to realise a free and open, safe, secure, and prosperous region. Moving ahead, its 2022 Indo-Pacific…

DECIPHERING THE INDO-PACIFIC ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK (IPEF)
In a recent article entitled “Filling in the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework”, Matthew P Goodman and William Alan Reinsch commented that the Biden Administration is all set to launch the “Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF)” as the…

INDIA AND INDONESIA- STRENGTHENING MARITIME RELATIONS
India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours with a symbiotic relationship which can be utilised towards developing maritime cooperation in the region. The distance between India's Andaman Islands and Indonesia's Aceh is not more than 80 nautical…

MARITIME COOPERATION AS A THRUST AREA BETWEEN INDIA AND INDONESIA
The upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, to Indonesia (later this month),is reflective of the strong desire of both the countries to work more closely together, in the face of the ‘rapidly evolving strategic realities’…

INDIA-ASEAN MARITIME COOPERATION PROSPECTS
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Published in Diplomacy & beyond Plus Magazine: Special Report on ASEAN-India: 25 years of Dialogue Partnership, January 2018 at www.diplomacybeyond.com
As India looks towards…

25 YEARS OF INDIA - ASEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
In 2017, ASEAN and India celebrated their silver jubilee. ASEAN and India have evolved enormously since early 1992 when India joined the regional organization and launched its “Look East Policy”. The policy was later named as “Act East…

INDIA AND MYANMAR: PROSPECTS OF MARITIME RECIPROCITY
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Myanmar occupies a critical position as far as India’s…

THE ROHINGYA ‘REFUGEES’: REGIONAL RESPONSES AND RAMIFICATIONS
Introduction
Rohingyas constitute an ethnic Muslim minority in Myanmar, and are considered ‘illegal immigrants’ from Bangladesh. They are deprived of citizenship rights, face religious persecution, and are economically and socially segregated…

SIGNIFICANCE OF CIVILIZATIONAL NAUTICAL NARRATIVES IN INDIA’S MARITIME DIPLOMACY
Examples of India’s cultural and civilizational nautical linkages with the rest of the world built over centuries, have presently come to occupy a prominent place in India’s maritime diplomacy. This issue brief tries to understand the reasons…

SOUTH CHINA SEA: FROM TURBIDITY, TO SEMBLANCE OF TRANQUILITY
The unfolding events in the South China Sea (SCS) in the last one decade plus has been tumultuous to say the least. The year Code of Conduct (CoC) 1was signed in Cambodia (2002) can be taken as the bench mark year when the members of the ASEAN…

‘INDO-PACIFIC’: EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS AND DYNAMICS
‘Indo-Pacific’ is a relatively new and evolving concept, whose usage in foreign policy and strategic articulations has gained much currency in the recent past. The ‘rise’ of Asia— particularly China and India—have made …