South China Sea Witnesses More Assertive Strategic Posture Of United States –...
By Dr Subhash Kapila* China’s long line of unrestrained aggressive posturing and provocative acts short of war commencing with the positioning of Chinese oil-drilling rigs in Vietnamese waters of the...
View ArticleBoosting Indonesia’s Naval And Air Defenses In South China Sea – Analysis
By Felix K. Chang* Until September, Indonesia seemed sure to increase its defense budget in the coming year. Rising concern over Chinese actions in the South China Sea had already prompted Indonesian...
View ArticleSouth China Sea And Rising Tension In The Waters: China, US And Unintended...
The US is planning further patrols in the South China Sea, following the USS Lassen’s successful freedom of navigation operation. Although China did not take action to confront it, the risk of an...
View ArticleChina Discovers Undersea Gold Deposit Estimated At $16.4 Billion
A huge deposit holding at least 470 tons of gold has been discovered beneath the seabed of the East China Sea. The largest deposit is located two kilometers below sea level in an area with estimated...
View ArticleAPEC Summit In Manila And Vietnam-Philippines Strategic Partnership? – Analysis
The Philippines shall be hosting the 2015 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit meeting on 18-19 November 2015 at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). Around 47 meetings...
View ArticlePACOM’s Role In Sustaining Indo-Asia-Pacific Security – Analysis
By Paul Lushenko and Jon Lushenko* As the successful completion of negotiations on the Trans‐Pacific Partnership (TPP) free‐trade deal – the economic pillar of President Obama’s rebalance to Asia –...
View ArticleLow-Oxygen ‘Dead Zones’ In North Pacific Linked To Past Ocean Warming
A new study has found a link between abrupt ocean warming at the end of the last ice age and the sudden onset of low-oxygen, or hypoxic, conditions that led to vast marine dead zones. Results of the...
View ArticleSão Tomé E Príncipe: A Key Piece In Beijing’s Chessboard? – Analysis
By Gustavo Plácido Dos Santos* China is set to make its first direct infrastructure invest-ment in São Tomé e Príncipe. The memorandum of understanding, signed in October 2015 with Chinese...
View ArticleSouth China Sea Dominates ASEAN Summit And East Asia Summit – Analysis
By Dr Subhash Kapila* South China Sea and China’s intractability on resolution of its South China Sea disputes with its ASEAN disputants found China strategically cornered with the dominating focus of...
View ArticleFuture Of Maritime Security: Role Of Science, Technology And Space – Analysis
No single country is seen as being able to secure the maritime domain alone. Collaboration and information sharing with partner nations can help to detect, identify, track, and interdict nearly all...
View ArticleThe New ASEAN Community In Mirror Of European Community – Analysis
By Niccolo Beduschi* The recent 27th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Kuala Lumpur has announced the establishment of the ASEAN Community by the end of the year, marking the...
View Article‘Strategic Funnels’: Deciphering Indonesia’s Submarine Ambitions – Analysis
Historical experience, archipelagic geography, and strategic imperative make submarines a critical asset for Indonesia’s naval defence in spite of financial and other constraints. Overambitious...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Submarines Procurement Plan: Spearheading Jakarta’s Maritime...
Indonesia plans to acquire more submarines to boost its defence capability. Before doing so, it needs to revamp its current strategic policy guidelines as well as enhance naval operational support. By...
View ArticleIndia’s Evolving Maritime Strategy – Analysis
By Darshana M Baruah* On October 26, 2015, the Indian Navy released its latest maritime strategy, titled “Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy.” This edition is a revised and updated...
View ArticleChina’s Maritime Assertiveness And Repercussions – Analysis
By Sandip Kumar Mishra* With Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aggressive posturing in regional politics, Beijing appears to have moved beyond its old doctrine of‘hide-your-strength-bide-your-time’ and...
View ArticleMaldives: Helping China Counter American Design – Analysis
Strategically located Maldives plays an important role in alternative maritime routes that China is seeking to build through initiatives like One Road One Belt. Much of Beijing’s growing assertion in...
View ArticleUS Makes Latest Strategic Chess Move In Southeast Asia – Analysis
Singapore and the US have made global headlines by signing a defense agreement, with the most notable aspect of it being the right for the US to deploy P-8 Poseidon spy planes in the Southeast Asian...
View ArticleWhat Russia’s ‘Turn To The East’ Means For Southeast Asia – Analysis
By Ian Storey* In 2010, a year before the Obama administration announced its pivot/rebalance towards Asia, President Vladimir Putin declared Russia would “Turn to the East”: that henceforth, Moscow was...
View ArticleAbe In India: Fillip To Bilateral Ties – Analysis
As Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives in India on 11 December 2015 on his maiden trip since Narendra Modi was voted to power in continuation to the annual summit between the two countries, it is...
View ArticleAbe’s India Visit: How Special Is India-Japan Strategic And Global...
By Prof. B. R. Deepak* Last September when Prime Minister Modi visited Japan, India and Japan upgraded their bilateral relations to ‘special strategic and global partnership.’ The 56 point long Tokyo...
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