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Any predictions about a coming struggle for global influence and regional supremacy have to be measured against enduring realities of global economic

US lawmakers have sought to make several commendable moves but their plan still comes up short

The budget growth, clearly aimed at countering the challenge along the Sino-Indian border, is still marginal.

The Central Asian Republics (CARs) have, in recent years, implemented multifaceted foreign policies to achieve strategic autonomy and limit China’s influence and Russia's traditional sway. But domestic uprisings in the CARs, the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan, and now the Russia-Ukraine conflict have given China new opportunities to strengthen its presence in Central Asia. This brief investigates China's increased engagement with the CARs

As the conflict over Huawei persists, allegations and counter-allegations from all sides are flying in different directions.

China is luring the region and the world with its ambitions and the US is offering incoherence. This mismatch is at the heart of the present turmoil in the region

Will China take advantage of the window of opportunity provided by the Ukraine crisis?

The Beijing-Islamabad bonhomie is a given fact for making strategic calculations in the subcontinent.

Will Angola be able to develop its economy by improving governance, rooting out corruption, and rebalancing its relationship with China and the West?

China’s primary chase in West Asia remains economic and it will continue to push for economic integration despite the region’s challenges.

It seems unlikely that the bilateral relations will improve significantly — there are a couple of indicators of the slight improvement in the relations.

Although China has initiated steps to improve its development cooperation programme, many of the commitments have yet to materialise

General Bipin Rawat was speaking at a seminar on the “future contours and trends of warfare”.This is the kind of stuff military people are likely to speak about when they are discussing issues in a seminar where issues are thrown up and scenarios discussed. This is something that the Chinese side probably does not understand because their military leaders usually speak to the public in tightly scripted environments.

The use of America’s movie industry, or Hollywood, to advance an agenda is not new. This paper explores how China has expanded its financial footprint in Hollywood and consequently is able to use films for propaganda. It engages with the importance of propaganda and censorship in China, and how China has historically used mass media and other cultural tools to serve its political interests. It underlines the symbiotic nature of the rela

Gone are the days, when Latin America used to be an insignificant region for China, over fears of antagonising the US. Today, Latin America has outpac

China is expanding its sphere of influence, but India has always had a pacifist and non-confrontational approach.

In the last five years, Xi has established unprecedented control over the party and the government. But this also means his mistakes and missteps have been magnified.

If China were to shape a world order that might be bereft of some of the universally accepted principles, it may be problematic for many countries, including India.

At the congress of the Communist Party of China last week, Xi Jinping announced reforms for the People’s Liberation Army.

Logistics is meaningless if it cannot do what is central to war—fighting. In order to bolster the logistical capabilities of all the major service branches of the Chinese military—including the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), PLA Air Force (PLAAF), and the PLA Rocket Force (PLARF)—the People’s Republic of China (PRC) under President Xi Jinping established a Joint Logistic Support Force (JLSF) in 2016. To what extent does the JLSF

The India-Japan strategic partnership has been growing stronger, and this also extends to their cooperation on matters of outer space.

As China’s leverage increases, New Delhi has to reimagine its terms of engagement with neighbours

The Maldives and Sri Lanka show how they can bargain with bigger powers to their advantage.

As China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues to undertake significant organisational reforms, the asymmetric inequalities between the Indian military and PLA are set to widen.

Contrary to prevailing beliefs, the ASEAN exercise was aimed at highlighting ASEAN unity and initiating maritime security collaboration among its memb

The EU as a whole versus the EU member states’ approach towards China shows a paradox that will be hard to fix

The agreements and economic deals between Nepal and China have flopped and caused huge economic losses to Nepal

Xi Jinping has a keen understanding of the importance of reform. This is likely to serve him well.

Where it may have been useful for Beijing to encourage strategic trust, it has instead only invoked a sense of unease and even fear.

The plan to provide Australia with nuclear attack submarines signals a sharpening of great power rivalry in the Indo-Pacific

When the rest of the world was kept in a state of shivering suspense by North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard quietly undertook an important visit to China -- her second official visit to Beijing in about two years.

Underlining the need to develop an India-US-Australia trilateral, Mr. Rory Medcalf of the Lowy Institute says the recent US pivot to Asia is an opportunity for this relationship to burgeon.

Over the last three decades, Australia and China have established mutually beneficial economic ties. However, Australia’s decision to ask for an independent enquiry into the origins of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has led to a backlash from China. This brief examines the more important developments since 2015 that persuaded Australia to take measures aimed at protecting both its open economy and its democratic polity against China’s sys

The new operation Azm-e-Istehkaam is designed to curb Islamist terror networks and is clearly undertaken to allay the fears of China.

A two-day seminar 'Understanding China' was aimed at making an in-depth study of China's overall South Asian policy

When the political situation in Nepal is fluid, it is necessary to balance relations with China and India to maintain peace and stability.