India and the Maldives on Friday (September 6, 2024) held a fresh round of "productive" defence dialogue with a focus on the situation in the Indian Ocean and ways to expedite implementation of ...

In particular, this notion should not be understood purely as a widening of Italy’s geographic area of interest from the natural boundaries of the Mediterranean Sea to the shores of the Gulf and ...

"#BREAKING: Just in, Heavy Chinese tanks were seen entering Indian territory," read the English ... That includes areas in India's Ladakh region, just opposite Tibet. The same photo was shared ...

The Colombo Security Conclave (CSC), one of the important minilaterals addressing security concerns in the Indian Ocean ...

Their brief, which came from high places in the government late last year, is to build a ‘stitched’ ship of the kind that sailed in the Indian Ocean in the first millennium of the Common Era.

The problem facing isle-o-philes is that it’s hard to know which tropical sun-kissed Indian Ocean island to choose over another. Scattered like jewels from Sri Lanka in the north down to ...

Historically, the Indian Ocean region has been a critical geo-strategic space of competitive maritime security that features the presence of extra- regional naval forces. During the pre-1945 period, ...

The movements of the Chinese ships—the Xiang Yang Hong 03, the Hai Yang Shi You 718, and the Bei Diao 996 —were recorded on the Global Fishing Watch website, a group that tracks commercial fishing and ...

India and China are strengthening their influence in the Indian Ocean Region, with Indian warship INS Mumbai and three Chinese vessels docking at Colombo. China’s increasing naval presence ...

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has gained strategic prominence as an arena for great power rivalry. Since unveiling the Twenty-First Century Maritime Silk Road concept in 2013, China’s presence in the ...