The new Labor Party government in Australia is likely to show continuity on AUKUS and Quad initiatives in the Indo-Pacific, while policy approaches on Pacific Islands and China, as also on climate change, may get a re-look.

• R.P. Singh |
• June 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Beijing’s pushback against the Washington-backed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework is likely to result in an intense regional geo-economic competition.

• Mayuri Banerjee |
• June 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The change in Turkey’s foreign policy approach in West Asia underlines a desire on part of Ankara to eschew confrontationist politics.

• Md. Muddassir Quamar |
• June 14, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Ukraine’s security predicament in the face of the Russian military onslaught brings into focus the vacuity of big power security assurances in the absence of legally binding security guarantees and treaty commitments.

• Mukesh Kumar |
• June 10, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Hydropower cooperation between India and Bhutan should not only help achieve the larger aspirations of the Bhutanese people for peace, prosperity and happiness but also further strengthen bilateral bonds.

• Opangmeren Jamir |
• May 26, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Spain extending support to the 2007 Moroccan plan of granting an autonomous status to Western Sahara under Moroccan sovereignty is a significant foreign policy shift.

• Anandita Bhada |
• May 19, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Chinese news media has peddled dual narrative of vilifying the West and glorifying China’s supposed mediatory role in the Russia–Ukraine crisis.

• Mayuri Banerjee |
• May 17, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The Central Asian states have had to deal with significant economic and security challenges in the wake of the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

• Jason Wahlang |
• April 27, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

India and Australia need to take a leadership role in maritime security affairs in the two oceans and have deeper engagements with the Pacific and Indian Ocean island countries.

• R.P. Singh |
• April 26, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Russia’s military action in Ukraine has negatively impacted the cooperative engagement architecture of the Arctic Council.

• Bipandeep Sharma |
• April 22, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments