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After Iran, China has a powerful new oil price weaponChina has emerged as the world's first oil "swing importer," significantly reducing its imports by a third to an eight-year low. This move,...- Hormuz exposes China's Indian Ocean vulnerability, new reportA new report suggests China's maritime vulnerability begins at the Strait of Hormuz, not the Strait of Malacca, creating a strategic compet...
- GAIL says its LNG vessel Energy Fidelity flagged off from US; to bolster India's energy supply chainGAIL's Energy Fidelity vessel with a carrying capacity of 174,000 cubic meter (cbm) was flagged off on April 20 and is now en route to Indi...
- How Asia should deal with the ‘Malacca dilemma’The Iran conflict has shown how easily key sea routes can be used as strategic tools, raising concerns beyond the Strait of Hormuz to other...
- Hormuz blockade stirs tension over Malacca Strait near SingaporeSingapore emphasizes transit rights under international law. Malaysia favors dialogue with Iran. The region's strategic position remains a ...
- Anticipating the inevitable: What India must learn from prepared economies in an age of recurring crisisGlobal markets are reacting to the expectation of disruption. Countries that prepare for crises in calm times fare better. China and Russia...
- It's the politics, stupid: Political, not economic, dynamics to derisk supply chains is what India needsA new geopolitical schism emerges from the US-Israel war on Iran, impacting Asian economies' energy supplies. India, China, Japan, and Sout...
- Why the MILAN matters to Southeast Asian countriesWhat makes this year’s MILAN even more significant for Southeast Asian countries is the geopolitical backdrop against which it is held. Tod...
- China eyes military base in Indian Ocean region in MadagascarHigh level visits have been taking place between the defence forces of China and Madagascar and a military base could be set up by Beijing ...
- China seeks to expand strategic ties with African Indian Ocean statesLast year, Wang went to the Seychelles and after Comoros, he will head to the Maldives and Sri Lanka — in India’s neighbourhood in the Sout...
- Hydrocarbon rich Mozambique a future military base for China?China has been promoting its construction firms in Africa and within this framework major developmental projects are handed over to Chinese...
- China now has world’s largest navy, eyes Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar basesThis is the latest assessment of China’s expanding military might, ranging from long-range missiles and nuclear submarines to integrated ai...
- Navy keen on 3rd aircraft carrier to retain edge over China, even as the 2nd is delayedThe commissioning of India’s second aircraft carrier has been delayed till Sept 2021 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the Nav...
- Indian Navy faces collusive Pakistan-China in Indian Ocean Region as threat mountsThe collusive China-Pakistan threat along the land borders is slowly but surely extending to the maritime domain as well. Even as China ste...
- Why India is placing Su-30 fighter jets in South IndiaThe squadron in Thanjavur will keep in check China's fast-expanding strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean Region. Beijing is shoring up i...
- China will emerge as America's strategic threat: Pentagon"In this era of great power competition, China will emerge as America's strategic threat. Over 60 per cent of the world's GDP flows through...
- View: Who should be afraid of the Belt and Road? ChinaThe project seems not just a solid investment but also a stroke of strategic genius. But reality is more sobering.
- China's presence in Indian Ocean Region: India must evolve its own Indo-Pacific maritime policyChina is seeking access and control of islands in the IOR to trump its less than favourable maritime geography and the Maldives, it appears...
- View: China is making the same risky errors in Pakistan that US madeThere's no question a more stable Pakistan is vital for South and West Asia, for China and for the world. But it's unlikely that CPEC will ...
- Strategic senseIf Chinese calculations are correct that the South China Sea will ultimately yield 130 billion barrels of oil — and there is some serious d...
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