Pacific
Indo-Pacific : Scramble For Dominance And Role Of Air Power
In the New World Order, Indo-Pacific is emerging as a strategically integrated arena of competition and cooperation. The rise of China; beyond the South China Sea, across the Indian and…
By Air Cmde SP Singh (Retd)
Security Of Indo Pacific Region: Expanding Role Of France
The Indo-Pacific region is inhabited by 1.5 million French population especially concentrated in the Indian Ocean territories of La Re̍union and Mayotte islands and the French Polynesia and New Caledonia…
By Col Deepak Kumar (Retd.)
The Unreliable Russia-China Bond
The Chinese premier Xi Jinping’s meeting with the Russian President Putin few days ago, created a pandemonium across the globe. They have both been pillars of support for each other…
By Levina
China ‘biggest security anxiety’ for Australia:Australian Dy PM
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) China is the "biggest security anxiety" for Australia as it is seeking to shape the world in a way that was not seen before, Australian…
Solomon Islands to supervise Chinese police operating there -official
SYDNEY (Reuters) - China's police presence under a new security pact will boost the capabilities of the Solomon Islands but they will not use techniques seen in Hong Kong, the…
Solomon Islands tells Japan it will not allow China military bases
TOKYO (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Mannaseh Sogavare told a visiting Japanese delegation on Tuesday that he had no intention of allowing China to build military bases in his…
U.S. to send officials to Solomon Islands due to tensions over China security pact – FT
(Reuters) - The White House’s top Asia official is set to travel to the Solomon Islands in a rare high-level visit that underscores alarm in Washington over the Pacific nation’s…
No military element to Solomon Islands cooperation, Chinese ministry says
BEIJING (Reuters) - There is "no military element" in the security cooperation between China and Soloman Islands, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday. After a regional backlash, the…
Tonga reconnects to world as submarine cable restored after tsunami
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Tonga was reconnected to the world on Tuesday following repairs to a submarine cable, officials said, a month after a volcanic eruption and tsunami…
Russia to hold major navy drills involving all its fleets
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia announced on Thursday its navy would stage a sweeping set of exercises involving all its fleets this month and next from the Pacific to the Atlantic,…
Tongans deafened by volcanic blast as they fled for safety
(Reuters) - When Tonga's Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano violently erupted, sending shockwaves and tsunami across the Pacific, the blast in the small island nation was so deafening that fleeing families…
Pacific may be most likely to see ‘strategic surprise’ -U.S. policymaker Campbell
By David Brunnstrom and Kirsty Needham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pacific may well be the part of the world most likely to see "strategic surprise," the U.S. Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell…
