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How Maritime Commerce Impacts the Geo-politics in the Wider Indo-Pacific Region
By Vaibhav Agrawal If someone would have stepped aboard a merchant vessel bound for Singapore in the late 1980s, the sea back then would have felt like open space where the laws of commerce and navigation seemed settled. Over the decades, we have witnessed that sense slip away evidently. The waterways of the Indo-Pacific are…
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Taiwan’s Geopolitical Tightrope: How Domestic Politics Shapes the Island’s Future Amidst Great Power Competition
By Dr. Nishakant Ojha The Unenviable Geopolitical Position-Taiwan stands at a pivotal moment in modern history, delicately balancing its vibrant democracy against the mounting pressures of great power rivalry. In 2025, the island finds itself in a paradoxical situation internally stable, economically dynamic, and globally significant, yet constantly threatened by external coercion from across the…
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There Are ‘Competing Visions of the Rules-Based Order’ in the Indo-Pacific: Author
Gaurav Sen is an international relations scholar and analyst specializing in the Indo-Pacific, strategic affairs, and Taiwan. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and also teaches at the University of Delhi. He has contributed to leading think tanks, including to the Indo-Pacific Studies Centre…
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‘Wait and See How India Negotiate with US’: Dhaka Expert
Tanbirul Islam is a geo-economic analyst based out of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He worked closely with the Nobel Peace Laureate and the current Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, at the Yunus Centre, a think tank established by Yunus in 2006 to work on poverty alleviation and sustainability. Tanbirul possesses extensive expertise in politics, investment,…