INS Jatayu in Lakshadweep

India braces for China's growing muscle-flexing in the Indian Ocean

The establishment of a second naval base in Lakshadweep, INS Jatayu is a key part of this strategy.  It's a calculated move to counter China's influence in the Indian Ocean Region.

An Indo-Lankan naval task force in Palk Bay to meet China's strategic challenge?

China has tried to set up a hybrid renewable energy system mixed with solar, wind, and other renewables on three islands in the Jaffna Peninsula. It was later cancelled. There is no economic reason for hosting such a project in a place so close to India.

Can Australia overcome ASEAN divide to promote a common Indo-Pacific security vision?

Australia has succeeded in sending a strong message to both ASEAN and China. To ASEAN, Canberra has communicated its commitment both in economic and security terms. The keyword will be a free and open Indo-Pacific, which is in line with the overall security vision of the West. 

Why America and the West remain critical for Indo -Pacific security

The US meanwhile, remains resilient in its future demographic and economic growth projection and stability, alongside the prospects of India. The so-called rise of China is now reversing, and the perceived decline of the US and the West is not happening.

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Chinese vaccine manufacturer seeks non-disclosure agreement with Nepalese government

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Bangladesh to buy 15 million vaccines from China

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China to donate million Covid vaccines to Nepal; Xi speaks to President Bhandari

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Pakistani, Chinese singers release music video to celebrate 70 years of Pak-China diplomatic relations

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After Colombo Port City, yet another construction project goes to a Chinese firm

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Another Sri Lankan construction project goes to a Chinese firm

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Sri Lanka to buy 14 million doses of Sinopharm vaccines from China

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China is gradually invading Bhutan, reveals study

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Pakistan PM orders introduction of special visa for people associated with CPEC

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New roads under CPEC to improve Pakistan’s connectivity to Iran

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Pakistan locally produces single-dose Chinese Cansino Covid vaccine

In what came as a big move for vaccine manufacturing in Pakistan, the country has successfully produced 124,000 doses of  Cansino, a single dose Covid-19 vaccine produced by a Chinese firm, Cansino Biologics. The single-shot vaccine has 65.7 percent efficiency