Contemporary Geopolitics

After the face-off between India and China in Galwan valley, tensions between these countries near Line of Actual Control are still not resolved.The standoff near Line of Actual Control is still continuing which started on 5 May 2020. Even after 12 rounds of corps commander talks, both the countries have not reached to a consensus. Meanwhile, China has deployed 100 advanced and long-range rocket launchers at its high-altitude borders. The move has come after the Indian Army enhanced its deployment of M777 ultra-light howitzers and K9 Vajra at the Line of Actual Control (LAC). India had recently added Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Heron I and ALH Dhruv choppers to its aviation brigade to counter China.  It is a twin-engine, multi-role, multi-mission new generation helicopter in the 5.5 ton weight class and is being used for quick mobilisation of troops. As the Chinese People`s Liberation Army aggression at the Line of Actual Control, the force has increased frequency...

Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Russian warship on October 15 prevented a U.S. Navy destroyer from what it described as an attempt to intrude into Russia’s territorial waters in the Sea of Japan. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that at around 5 pm local time (0800GMT), the destroyer USS Chafee, which had been operating in the Sea of Japan for several days, "approached the territorial waters of the Russian Federation and attempted to cross the border." The incident came as Russia and China conducted joint naval drills in the area, and followed other dangerously close encounters involving Russian and Western warships. It appears to reflect Moscow’s intention to raise the stakes in deterring the U.S. and its allies from sending their ships on missions near Russian waters, as relations between Russia and the West are at a post-Cold War low. Russia's Admiral Tributs destroyer issued a warning to the US ship "about the inadmissibility of such actions....

Adani Group to build Colombo terminal in US $700 million agreement. India has countered China in Srilanka with a US $700 million deal, which is quite a positive news from the country of China as India has tried a lot get this deal and China wanted to block this deal as Srilankan Ports strategically holds significant geographical importance in the India Ocean. Finally, India has signed this deal with Srilanka and India has countered China in Colombo.  As Srilankan economy is passing through a lean phase,  Srilanka is now even finding it hard to pay for food imports they are facing severe crisis and the Government of Srilanka also had announce food emergency in the country, and main reason behind all this are the debts they have took and now they are finding it hard to pay even the interests.  This economic crisis of Srilanka is posing a challenge for India. To overcome the economic crisis Srilanka is giving away its land to China for money and they are using that money to ...

With the changing world demographic's the significance of Indo-Pacific is increasing significantly. On 3rd October Britain's new new Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said, "The UK wants to get into agreements covering trade and security with India and other freedom-loving democratic countries in the strategic Indo-Pacific', to challenge the authoritarian states. Liz Truss was also in charge of talks with India on a future Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the International Trade Secretary until her recent promotion within the UK Cabinet, She said that she is keen to strike more deals along the lines of AUKUS - the trilateral security alliance between Australia, the UK and the US, which is widely seen as a counter-balance to China. In her first major interview after she took charge as New Foreign Secretary she mentioned "We want to work with our friends and allies to create more economic agreements and security agreements. AUKUS is about protecting trade routes and shippi...

The United States has subtly hinted that it has been in talks with New Delhi for using airfields in India as “staging areas” for carrying out aerial surveillance and launching attacks on terrorists in and around Afghanistan.  President Joe Biden’s administration is “deeply engaged” with New Delhi, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said, testifying before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives – the lower house of the American Congress. In the strategic circles in both the US and India, there are now more voices favoring the idea of India providing a military base to the US Navy, preferably somewhere in the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. Since the US Navy is said to be planning to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships in the Indo-Pacific, it wants safe territories in or the adjoining Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar, and the Bay of Bengal for refueling and other logistic support. In fact, the Pentagon has been looking for base opportunities...