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Fishermen are being pushed to the brink by fuel costs in Southeast AsiaRising energy, freight, and supply chain expenses are escalating seafood prices globally. Governments offer aid, but it's stretched thin, i...
How Asia-Pacific is fighting a fuel shock that could get worseAsian nations are grappling with prolonged energy supply strains due to the Middle East conflict, prompting governments to implement costly...
Southeast Asia emerges as surprise winner in US-China trade spatLower US tariffs on ASEAN nations are making their goods more competitive, leading to a surge in exports as they replace Chinese products i...
How Op Sindoor made India a 'major power' in AsiaIndia has achieved "major power" status in Asia for the first time, according to the Lowy Institute's Asia Power Index 2025. Operation Sind...
India reaches 'major power' status on Asia Power IndexIndia has reached major power status on the Asia Power Index-2025. This is due to its economic growth and military capability. India's perf...
India reaches 'major power' status on Asia Power Index, ranks 3rd after US and ChinaIndia has achieved major power status on the Asia Power Index 2025. This rise is driven by strong economic growth and enhanced military cap...
India ranks third in annual Asia Power IndexIndia has risen to third place in the annual Asia Power Index, surpassing Japan due to strong post-COVID economic growth. The index, compil...
‘Great Game’ unfolds in Pacific as US, China vie for backingThe countries’ proximity to key shipping lanes and the communication cables that criss-cross the Pacific floor, together with fisheries and...
China builds new presidential palace in Pacific's VanuatuAustralia's Lowy Institute think tank estimated China had spent upwards of $21 million on construction, a significant sum for an aid projec...
Russia is a power with enormous tradition of statecraft: S JaishankarExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discussed Russia's evolving geopolitical stance, noting its shift towards Asia and non-Western natio...
China’s power in Asia diminished by Covid Zero, study showsThe Sydney-based Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index for 2023 shows that China registered the greatest decline out of the 26 nations and terr...
Vajpayee sought new friends & new ways of doing things: Michael Fullilove, Executive Director, Lowy Institute of Australia"Prime Minister Vajpayee was a poet as well as a politician. Both as an External Affairs Minister and Prime Minister, his statecraft is cre...
India 4th most powerful country in Asia; China loses ground to US: ReportThe Covid pandemic has driven down the power of Asian giants like China and India in the Indo-Pacific region and has weakened their capacit...
COVID-19 curbs China's power in Indo-Pacific; risks of war 'significant', says reportU.S. allies in the region and key balancing powers such as India have never been more dependent on American capacity and willingness to sus...
China's 'vaccine diplomacy': A global charm offensiveThe strategy carries multiple possible benefits: deflecting anger and criticism over China's early handling of the pandemic, raising the pr...
China overtakes US in number of diplomatic missions: StudyAccording to the Sydney-based Lowy Institute, China overtook the US in 2019 and currently has 276 diplomatic posts globally, three more tha...
Former Indian Foreign Secretary,Shyam Saran to join Australian think-tankWith postings to Beijing, Tokyo, Myanmar, Indonesia, Saran served as the PM's personal representative at G20, G8 and climate change summits.
Australia keen to ink economic cooperation deal with IndiaAustralia said it was keen to sign the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement with India to bring trade and investment ties to the fo...
Electing Narendra Modi will probably be good for business: Rory Medcalf, Head, Lowy Institute"But by all accounts, the energy of Modi's campaign is something pretty extraordinary, and there is a fair but of demoralization on the Con...
Australia reemerges as preferred country for Indian students: pollIndians ranked Australia as the second most preferred country to study abroad next to the US, despite a series of "racially motivated" atta...