Hi, I’m Venus Upadhayaya, a journalist who delves into the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region. I’m starting the “Indo-Pacific Politics” as an online media to publish my work and the work of other analysts and journalists on the Indo-Pacific region. I’m inspired to do this because I’m the 2025 Taiwan MOFA Fellow and I’ll be spending this year in Taiwan, the heart of the Indo-Pacific region. I eventually see this media growing into an insightful space, offering news and news analysis, interviews and in-depth, enterprising writing on the Indo-Pacific region.

I believe it to be the age of Indo-Pacific, than to be just the “Asian Age” characterized by the rise of India and China–there’s going to a lot more happening and a single narrative can’t define it. Thus this media space manifests growth of a different kind, characterized by enterprise, traditional, in-depth writing and genius characterized by integrity and vision. Be a part of it, if you believe in it!

The Editorial Vision of the media ‘The Indo-Pacific Politics’ is led by the following mentors from across the region:

1: India Editorial Advisor: SD Pradhan

(Former Professor, Department of Defense Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala and Former Prof. Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign.)

2: Taiwan Editorial Advisor: Prof. Mu-Min Chen

Director of the International Master Program in Asia and China Studies, IMPACS, Department of Law and Politics, NCHU, Taichung City, Taiwan

3: Bharat Narrative: Surya Roy

(Surya Roy is the Director for India Operations of IHAR (Indian History Awareness & Research) a Houston based NGO, which engages in the Conservation of India’s Cultural Heritage & Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS). He’s also appointed by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee as a “Desk Reviewer” in the Panel for UNESCO World Heritage Sites for 2023 & 2025, & is also an Associate Member of ICOMOS (International Council of Monuments & Sites), an UNESCO body for the Conservation of Archaeological sites globally apart from being a Life Member & Researcher with INTACH & NMSI.)

4: Research and Development: Prof. (Dr.) Deepak Jain & Dr. Prasad Sundararajan

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The Chinese content is led by three very-promising young leaders from the Graduate Institute of International Politics of the National Chung Hsing University at Taichung in central Taiwan:

1: Writing Associate, Kai-Yuan Liu, Student, MA International Politics

2: Writing Associate, Yu Ning Luo, Student, MA International Politics

3: Writing Associate, Nikita Chen, Student, MA International Politics

The Hindi content is led by two Indian young leaders from the Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune

1: Writing Associate, Kashvi Chaturvedi, student in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science at Ajeenkya DY Patil University, Pune

2: Writing Associate, Aditya Shrivastav, B. Tech. Computer Science student at Ajeenkya D. Y. Patil University , Pune