The Blue in India’s Flag
India’s Flag is oft called the Tricolour, for its three horizontal stripes in colours of saffron, white and green. But what is often missed is the fourth colour in the flag—the blue wheel in the ce...
Australia’s view of the Indo-Pacific concept
This article explores Australia’s adoption of the Indo-Pacific concept in light of its strategic challenges. For several decades the idea of the Asia Pacific as Australia’s region has provided a f...
Indo-Pacific: The Emerging Geo-Strategic Landscape-A Japanese Perspective
Introduction
The idea of connecting the Pacific and the Indian Oceans emerged during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s speech in the Indian parliament in 2007Read More
India and Oceania: Potential and Opportunities
Context
Oceania covers a large area of the Pacific part of the Indo-Pacific – roughly between Hawaii, Japan and New Zealand. In good times, this area is the bridge between Asia ...
Indo-Pacific: Through the Lens of History
Introduction
The formation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is only the latest step in the gradual shift of the world’s power pole to the Indo-Pacific r...
Maritime Rules-Based Order in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific, today, is the world’s most strategically significant region.[i] Although there is no internationally accepted geographic delineatio...
India-Vietnam Relations: Convergence of Interests – An Interview with H.E. Pham Sanh Chau, Ambassador of Vietnam to India
Shristi Pukhrem (SP): How does Vietnam see India in the current regional order?
Ambassador Pham Sanh Chau (PSC): India is a very important cou...
The Collapse of Societies and Regimes: An Analytical Framework
A few years ago, this analyst tried to study the reasons why dynasties, regimes and civilisations collapsed.[i] In an essay, written when the countr...