India’s Indo-Pacific Strategic Outlook: Limitations and Opportunities
India’s rising strategic and diplomatic influence has enhanced its potential as a preferred security partner for major and emerging powers in the Indo-Pacific.
Interview – Gabriele Abbondanza
Gabriele Abbondanza discusses the concept of awkward powers, developments in Italian and Australian foreign policy, and a new focus on the Indo-Pacific region.
Locating Africa in the Indo-Pacific: The Case of Djibouti
It is important that the Djiboutian government distributes economic opportunities equitably if it is to avoid losing one of the trump cards of its Indo-Pacific strategy: stability.
Opinion – With the Rise of the ‘Indo-Pacific’, Has the ‘Asia-Pacific’ Faded Away?
Even with the Indo-Pacific’s increasing popularity, the Asia-Pacific concept has not only held its ground, but is here to stay.
The Emergence of the Indo-Pacific: Geopolitical Turn or Continuity?
The merging of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the conceptual expansion of the regional imagination, signals the start of a new phase of Asia-related foreign policies.
Opinion – China’s ‘New Cold War’ Posturing
China looks set for a new multi-faceted, autocratic and prolonged Cold War as it expands its footprint across the Indo Pacific.
New Book – Asian Territorial and Maritime Disputes: A Critical Introduction
Covering the the South China Sea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu and Kuril Islands, Dokdo/Takeshima, Taiwan and Sino-Indian border issues, this book introduces and critiques the maritime and territorial disputes in the Indo-Pacific.
Opinion – A ‘Weakened’ Quad?
The Quad is not constrained by India’s neutral stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but rather by its reluctance to stand up to China.
Opinion – The Coming of Age of the European Union’s Indo-Pacific Strategy
It is imperative for EU to not succumb into irrelevance by becoming a toothless tiger in order to eventually be a truly strategic global geopolitical actor.
Opinion – Emerging Patterns of Trade in the Indo-Pacific
Amidst a paradigm shift from ‘Asia-Pacific’ to ‘Indo-Pacific’, a question that arises is how far are we from an order that might reshape the norms of international trade?
