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Image Credits: PoliticoINDO-US JOINT NAVAL PATROL – PLAUSIBLE PROPOSAL OR RHETORIC
Speaking at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi on 02 March 2016, Admiral Harry B Harris, Commander, United States Pacific Command, exhorted that the ‘Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD)’ between India, Japan, Australia and the United States…
Image Credits: Financial ExpressAMERICA’S EXPECTATION VERSUS INDIA’S EXPEDIENCY: INDIA AS A REGIONAL ‘NET SECURITY PROVIDER’
During the ‘Raisina Dialogue’ held in March 2016 at New Delhi, Admiral Harry Harris, the Commander of United States (US) Pacific Command (CINCPAC) referred to the first ever tri-lateral (Australia, Japan and India) 1 ministerial discussions…
Image Credits: The Better IndiaINTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEWS: SHOWCASING INDIA’S NAVAL ORIENTATION
“From the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, the sea is one. Because the sea poses a common challenge, those who traversed it depended on each other and developed a special bond. Seafarers of the world, represented…
Image Credit- The Hindu REASSERTION Of INDIA-US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA QUADRILATERAL
During his visit to India in early September 2015, the Australian Defence Minister, Kevin Andrews acknowledged India's critical role in supporting security, stability and prosperity of the Indian …
Image Credit- The Japan Times‘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 …
Image Credit - Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceTHE US-JAPAN ALLIANCE: JAPAN’S SECURITY PROVIDER?
The Security Environment in East Asia
The East China Sea dispute presents a major challenge for the US-Japan alliance. This dispute is over the Senkaku (Diayou in Chinese) Islands, a group of five islands in the East China Sea that are uninhabited…
Image Credit - U.S. NAVAL INSTITUECHINA CHALLENGES THE UNIPOLAR WORLD ORDER: AN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA’S DEFENCE WHITE PAPER 2014
China has been issuing Defence White Papers biennially since 1998. The ninth White Paper of 2014 titled ‘China's Military Strategy’ was released recently in May 2015. This essay seeks to analyse the salient aspects…
