Biden sets out to strengthen ties with India
The US President and PM Modi agree to continuing cooperation on free and open Indo-Pacific and a stronger regional architecture through Quad.
UK aircraft carrier headed for the Indo-Pacific in fresh impetus
Britain’s new ministerial agreements with Japan bring further good news for closer UK-India collaboration in the region.
UK’s Indo-Pacific tilt begins to take shape
Britain has made its first decisive post-Brexit free trade move with an application to join the 11-nation Asia-Pacific Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
India’s central role in Indo-Pacific security architecture, reaffirmed by US
The ‘United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific’ document talks of building up India’s capabilities and posit it as a counterweight to China. Though authored by the Trump administration, the strong strategic convergence between New and Washington is expected to ensure that the Biden administration doesn’t make too many changes to it.
Sky is not the limit for India-France ties
French Defence Minister Florence Parly’s visit to India, for the induction ceremony of the Rafale, is a ringing endorsement of the cooperation between two nations in a multipolar world. Paris’s vigorous checks against Beijing’s nuisance value to create instability is seen as a case in point.
India-Japan economic, strategic ties set to grow closer under Abe’s successor
Asia’s two largest democracies are sowing the seeds of a new alliance that is necessary to ensure the freedom of navigation, peace and prosperity in the Indo Pacific region.
Why India and Australia hit it off in 2020
From defence partnership to security cooperation and coordinated pandemic response, the Australia–India relationship now encompasses almost every key bilateral component. But, as some experts believe, the best is yet to come.
India’s deep defence cooperations in the Gulf
New and fast-paced emerging security and regional order, along with the growing geostrategic importance of the Indo-Pacific, have brought the GCC states and India together on the same stage.
Why Global Britain must tilt towards the Indo-Pacific
The UK’s Policy Exchange think tank has laid out the interim findings of its Indo-Pacific Commission to conclude that India and the wider Indo-Pacific region must form the essence of a manifesto of what a Global Britain looks like in the 2020s and beyond.
Why the Sitmex naval drill matters for Indo-Pacific
This annual exercise is a key manifestation of intra-Asian security networking and highlights growing synergy between the three friendly navies of Singapore, India and Thailand.