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The Malabar Exercise is emblematic of the growing synergy among Quad countries in joint efforts towards constructing a favourable maritime security en

Cuba is once again becoming a strategic focal point for great powers, reviving Cold War-era tensions and placing the island at the centre of the globa

The recent Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting dispels doubts about the Quad's future and highlights India's role in Indo-Pacific maritime security and go

21 व्या शतकातील बदललेली भू-राजकीय वास्तविकता पाहता, भारता�

The changing geopolitical realities of the 21st century have warranted the Navy’s rising profile in India’s strategic landscape.

Pakistan’s maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean pivots around engagement with China. But the strategy also has a diplomatic dimension that should n

प्रचलित समजुतींच्या विरोधात, ‘आसियान’ गटाच्या सरावाचे �

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

The Quad engaging with IORA will help India to bring the strategic convergences of the two groupings and China’s growing footprint in the region to

India and Australia must raise the level of their engagement, going beyond pre-planned exercises and sporadic deployments

India's participation in multilateral naval exercises such as 'Milan' bolsters India's growing soft military power

The advantages of India’s early prudence on cultivating multiple “strategic alignments” in the Indo-Pacific, are apparent with French proactiven

The Indian Navy has a bevvy of planned engagements this spring,. including with the UAE and France.

Chinese reports in the ‘Global Times’ have portrayed MILAN as an inflammatory tactic, aimed at ‘spreading tensions from the land to the sea’, a blatant Indian attempt to undermine Chinese influence in South Asia.

Given the centrality of the Indian Ocean to its national security, it is time for India to leverage existing and emerging multilateral platforms to engage deeply with partner countries and take on a greater leadership role in the Indian Ocean Region.

France has emerged as one of India’s closest strategic partners and the relationship is likely to bloom further in the coming years.

Maritime power projection, and not sea denial, is the answer to China’s creeping assertiveness in South Asia.

Australia is back for the second year in a row, underscoring the Quad’s deepening commitment to cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.

New Delhi and Canberra have had to bear the brunt of increasingly belligerent Chinese behavior in the Indo-Pacific, pushing their bilateral relationship to new heights.

Last fortnight's India-China joint naval exercise, however limited, may be a new opening in bilateral relations. Coupled with the politico-economic CBMs of the past years, the Shanghai naval exercise is an indication that both nations are learning to overcome the bitter past.

There are unlimited possibilities for strengthening maritime cooperation with Bangladesh and Myanmar - ranging from joint scientific research to environmental monitoring and from major trans-border projects to trilateral naval exercises. If Delhi decides to play for small stakes in the Bay of Bengal, it will deal itself out of the emerging great game in the east.

There is a lot riding on the relationship for both New Delhi and Canberra given that both have a inherent interest in balancing China and ensuring a stable Indo-Pacific strategic order.

Speculations are rife about India possibly inviting Australia for the next Malabar naval exercise—which COVID-19 has caused to be moved to 2021.[1] If true, this would represent a break from the past and signal a change in the Asian strategic environment. Over the past few years, India has consistently resisted including Australia in the exercise, despite the latter’s willingness. The only other time that Australia was included in the Malabar

With discussions underway for Canberra to join the Malabar naval exercises, New Delhi hopes to add a new backer in its fight against China

In addition to India-Japan exercises, there have been several other naval exercises in the region in recent months involving a growing roster of countries.

Within a month of its announcement, India is poised to launch its MAHASAGAR initiative in collaboration with the littoral countries of the Western Indian Ocean Region.

Sri Lankan Navy and Indian Navy successfully conclude their joint naval exercises, which started on October 6 and continued till October 8, 2009. The naval training exercise, code-named CADEX 2009, took place on the western seas off Sri Lanka.

अत्यंत मोक्याच्या अशा पर्शियन व ओमान आखातात होणाऱ्या युद्धसरावात, संयुक्त अरब अमिरात प्रथमच भारत व फ्रान्स या देशांसोबत सहभागी होणार आहे.