Commentaries

Time for China to Leave Indian Ocean and Return Home

20 Jan 2021

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Signaling an End: Indonesia’s Battle with Jemmah Islamiyah

28 Dec 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Vietnam and India Should Build Synergies in the United Nations in 2021

14 Dec 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Vietnam and Japan Relations Continue to Flourish under Yoshihide Suga

07 Dec 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

India Vietnam Commit to Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership

03 Dec 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Joe Biden and Taiwan: Continuity or Change?

30 Nov 2020

Dr. Teshu Singh

Chinese Political Leadership Endorses Military Modernisation

26 Nov 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

India’s Dilemma with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership

26 Nov 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

India and Japan Expand Cooperation in Industry 4.0 Technologies

20 Nov 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Pandemic Woes, Digital Deficits andEthnic Uncertainties : Myanmar’s Electoral Challenge

30 Oct 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

ASEAN 2020 Chairmanship: Vietnam Injects Momentum

23 Oct 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Post-COVID-19 Chinese Economy and Push for Localization

14 Oct 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China, the South China Sea and a new Template for India-Vietnam Relations

14 Oct 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

India Explores Soft Options at Virtual Summit with Sri Lanka

08 Oct 2020

Dr. Sripathi Narayanan

China’s Propaganda Strategy for South China Sea

30 Sep 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Escalating Tensions in the Cross-Strait Relations

30 Sep 2020

Dr. Teshu Singh

Tensions in North Natuna Sea : A Glance at Bakamla Capabilities

29 Sep 2020

Mr. Siswanto Rusdi

ASEAN-Japan Partnership Makes Headway Despite COVID-19

06 Sep 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

ASEAN-US Relations Consolidate under Vietnam Chairmanship

03 Sep 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

ASEAN Emboldened after US ups the Ante in South China Sea

31 Aug 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Thailand’s Democratic Deficit: Protesting Amidst a Pandemic

27 Aug 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

US ups the Ante in South China Sea; but Opportunities Open for ASEAN

08 Aug 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China in post-COVID Times: Internal Fault Lines have added to its Worries

04 Aug 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China in the post COVID-19 Times : External Challenges

19 July 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

US China Contestation Worries ASEAN

17 July 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Traffic Separation Scheme in the Sunda Strait and Lombok Strait: Impact on International Shipping

07 July 2020

Mr. Siswanto Rusdi

IUU Fishing along East African Coast : Threats to Human Security

07 July 2020

Dr. Kumar A

Dealing With Covid the `Duterte’ Way: Tightening the Political Grip

26 June 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Taiwan: Centerpiece in US-China Political and Military Chessboard

24 June 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Philippines Infuses New Life in its Relationship with the US

18 June 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China’s South China Sea Talks Offer: Why Indonesia Should be Hesitant?

11 June 2020

Mr. Siswanto Rusdi

Going Digital in Global Politics: Conducting International Relations in the Digital Space

04 June 2020

Ms Swati Ganeshan

Gulf Security in Flux amid COVID-19 Pandemic

20 May 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Indonesian Seamen in the Middle of Chinese Fishing Industry

16 May 2020

Mr. Siswanto Rusdi

India and ASEAN COVID-19 Response:Time to Recall ADMM Plus

15 May 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Non Traditional Security: Southeast Asia and COVID-19

14 May 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

The “Indo” in the “Indo-Pacific”—An Indian View

30 April 2020

Ambassador Yogendra Kumar and Dr Probal K. Ghosh

US and Iran: Hostile Maneuvers and War of Tweets Undermine Persian Gulf Security

26 April 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Rohingya Community in Times of Pandemic

20 April 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

India Extra Gangem

10 April 2020

Mr Iwan Pranoto

China’s Health Silk Road

31 March 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Omnibus Law Bill: Supportive or Destructive for Indonesia’s Maritime Sector?

27 March 2020

Mr Siswanto Rusdi

Maritime Capacity Building drives India’s Engagements with Indian Ocean Commission

21 March 2020

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

India-France Maritime Cooperation

16 March 2020

Ms Amruta Karambelkar

COVID-19 and Vietnam’s Chairmanship of the ASEAN

28 February 2020

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Pauk-Phaw Revisited: History Coming Full Circle

28 February 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Contestation leads IGAD Initiatives

18 February 2020

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

The US-Taiwan Relations and the Re-election of Tsai Ing-wen

11 February 2020

Dr Teshu Singh

‘Artificial Intelligence’ Capacity Building Takes Root in Indian Ocean

31 January 2020

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Face Off : Indonesia’s Efforts to Reclaim the North Natuna Sea

29 January 2020

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Deepening India-Japan Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

29 January 2020

Dr Pragya Pandey

Riverine Warfare : Emerging Trend in the Rakhine Conflict in Myanmar

27 January 2020

Jaideep Chanda

SEZs and Economic Corridors Symbolize Economic Dynamism in Bay of Bengal

16 January 2020

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Strategic Rethink Needed Post COP25

15 January 2020

Ms Madvee Jane Moteea

Defending the Indefensible: Myanmar and the International Court of Justice

26 December 2019

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Making UNFCCC Blue

26 December 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Domain Awareness: Maritime or Marine?

16 December 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

“Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative”: A Benign Grand Strategy in Making?

30 November 2019

Dr Vivek Mishra

Singapore’s POFMA Law: Riding the Fault-line between Regulation and Dissent

30 November 2019

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Indo-Pacific Strategic Contestation Results in Infrastructure Development Competition

25 November 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Indo-Pacific Needs a New Narrative

16 November 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China Could Soon Start Mining Seabed in Indian Ocean

31 October 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Mahathir at the UNGA: Undermining Malaysia’s Long Standing Pillar of Non- Interference

23 October 2019

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Sino Indian Informal Summits –Wuhan, Mahabalipuram and Beyond

19 October 2019

Ambassador Vishnu Prakash

Indian Navy’s Strategy for Indo-Pacific

19 October 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Taiwan’s Position on the Indo-Pacific

15 October 2019

Dr Teshu Singh

Capital Woes: Mandalanusa or Nusantaria

27 September 2019

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Arctic Features in India’s Geoeconomic Schema

23 September 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Asian Contestation in Africa’s Infrastructure Development

11 September 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

India must invigorate the BCIM Economic Corridor

04 September 2019

Ms G.Padmaja

Blue Bonds for Bay of Bengal

24 August 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Greater Focus on MGC for Closer CLMV Linkages

17 August 2019

Ms Sana Hashmi

Vanguard Stand-off: Usual or Unusual?

16 August 2019

Dr. Vo Xuan Vinh

Call for a Third Pole Council

09 August 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Timor Ratifies Maritime Boundary Treaty with Australia

31 July 2019

Dr Pankaj Jha

Tough Road Ahead for Abe to Revise Constitution

30 July 2019

Dr Rajaram Panda

Mountain Economy: New Agenda under BIMSTEC

19 July 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP): A ‘Work in Progress’

08 July 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Renewable Energy Cooperation among Mekong Ganga Countries

28 June 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Abe’s Mediation Role in US-Iran Stand-off Laudable

21 June 2019

Dr Rajaram Panda

Multiple Quads Precede Aggressive Posturing at Shangri-La Dialogue

10 June 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

India’s Road to the Indo-Pacific

29 May 2019

Ms Sana Hashmi

"Community with a Shared Future": Chinese Catchphrase or Intent

18 May 2019

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Geo-political and Strategic Challenges and Diplomatic Priorities the New Government must Address

18 May 2019

Ambassador Vishnu Prakash

Chinese Inroads in Nepal and Bhutan: Challenges for Indian Diplomacy

14 May 2019

Ambassador Vishnu Prakash

Trump Administration and US-Vietnam Relations

08 May 2019

Dr Tilottama Mukherjee

China’s Heritage Diplomacy in Cambodia Goes Digital

03 May 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Connecting Indonesia-India Maritime Domain

02 May 2019

Mr Siswanto Rusdi

Is the Belt Road Initiative a ‘Public Good’?

22 April 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Why Canada Should Engage the Indo-Pacific as it Pushes its Innovation Agenda

15 April 2019

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

Belt and Road Forum: The Dilemmas of Participation

14 April 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Rule of Law and the Belt and Road Initiative

08 April 2019

Dr. Madhumita Kothari

AUSINDEX 2019: An Assessment

04 April 2019

Professor Manish

Thailand’s Subscription to China’s Belt and Road Initiative

31 March 2019

Dr. Pankaj Jha

China’s Defence and Foreign Policy Guidelines Post NPC 2019

30 March 2019

Dr. Avinash Godbole

An ASEAN Trio in Transition

30 March 2019

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

On the Up: Defence Spending in Indo-Pacific

29 March 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China in Cambodia: Challenges of Friendship

25 March 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Lao PDR: Juggling Ties

26 February 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

French Act East – and Beyond the Sea – Policy?

23 February 2019

Dr. Eric Frécon

The Second Trump-Kim Summit: Reflections on Vietnam, US, and China

19 February 2019

Dr. David Koh

US-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty:
Dilemmas of “maintain it, strengthen it, or scrap it”

14 February 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Cambodia Courts China to Fend Off Western Pressures

30 January 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

China ‘Unification’ and Taiwan ‘No Concessions’ drive East Asian Security

25 January 2019

Dr. Vijay Sakhuja

Sustaining Maritime Vision for Indonesia

14 January 2019

Mr Siswanto Rusdi

The Tuas Incident: A Challenge to ASEAN and Its Vision of International Order

04 January 2019

Dr David Koh

US’ Indo-Pacific Framework is Now Complete

26 December 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Indian Ocean Outreach

23 December 2018

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

Chinese Perspective on Indo-Pacific

17 December 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

New Security Environment Shapes Japanese Naval Plans

11 December 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Colombo’s Perceptions

06 December 2018

Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia

Will the new framework help resolve Japan-Russia territorial dispute?

05 December 2018

*Shamshad A. Khan

US and China Enter a New Era of Strategic Competition

29 November 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Looking Beyond the Optics

25 November 2018

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Japan Commits to Join BRI

22 November 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

India Vietnam Trade and Investment Linkages

12 November 2018

Ms Quach Thi Hue

Modi’s Japan Visit Deepens India-Japan Ties

05 November 2018

Dr Rajaram Panda

Our Ocean Conference 2018 : What are Indonesia’s Expectations?

30 October 2018

Mr Siswanto Rusdi

China Woos India with New Model of Partnership for Belt Road Initiative

22 October 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Indo - Pacific : Is there a Need for New Formulation?

13 October 2018

Dr Pankaj Jha

Myanmar Embraces China’s Belt Road Initiative

5 October 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

Cambodia’s Elections and the Entrenchment of Hun Sen

25 September 2018

Professor Shankari Sundararaman

Rule Based Order in South China Sea and Mahathir’s Vision

20 September 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja

India and the RCEP: Singapore Meetings and Beyond

10 September 2018

Professor Amita Batra

ASEAN Takes Baby Steps Towards Indo-Pacific

05 September 2018

Dr Vijay Sakhuja