Quadrilateral Security Dialogue

President Trump Holds the Cards to Reshape the World

President Donald Trump is a fortunate man with the resolve to create his own luck. As he reenters the Oval Office, he finds a world in flux, with American adversaries...

Is Australia Hedging Again? Not Really.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, in his 2023 Lowy Lecture, emphasized that Australia’s foreign policy and national security are defined by a “complementary focus” on capabilities and relationships. Australia’s role...

Global Security Realigned: How Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Reshapes the Indo-Pacific

Summary: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, has not only tested the resilience of the international order in the Euro-Atlantic but also accentuated pre-existing security dilemmas in the Indo-Pacific,...

Democratic Partnerships Against Autocratic Aggression

In recent times, the world has borne witness to heinous acts of violence and aggression committed by authoritarian regimes. The actions of Hamas in Israel, supported by Iran, and Russia’s...

United States and India Move to Expand Defense Industry Ties

India and the United States, who share concerns over an increasingly muscular China, are mulling options to revamp the U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships that are currently stationed at...

Can India Balance Its Relationship With Russia and America?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Recognising that and Russia’s importance to India, New Delhi has tried to show Moscow that it’s not drifting away from the relationship. The end of...

Can Putin Bring Out the True Potential of India-Russia Relations?

After its Galwan Valley clash with China in 2020, New Delhi has imbibed a strong “pointed alignment” strategy wherein it has focused on augmenting ties with partner states to respond...

India Wants Defense Ties with Russia and the United States. Can it Have Both?

The Russian and Indian militaries are somewhat quietly strengthening a partnership that includes joint military drills, technological collaboration, and the Indian acquisition of thousands of AK-203 assault rifles.  The Indian...

Biden Must Build on Trump’s Partnership with India

ONE OF the Biden administration’s principal mantras is that “America is back” on the international stage, having returned after a four-year absence during the delinquent Trump administration. In truth, however,...

Can the Australia-India-Japan Strategic Triangle Counter China?

Henry Kissinger thought in triangles. His strategic triangle featured the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. Today, there is a new strategic triangle in the Indo-Pacific. Its apex is...

Should America Try to Pacify Chinese Hegemony?

There are two levels of strategic competition between the United States and China: within the Indo-Pacific region and globally. At both levels, it is a contest for relative power, influence,...

How Japan’s New Prime Minister Sees Competition with China

Fumio Kishida, Japan’s longest-serving minister of foreign affairs, has been officially elected as the country’s prime minister, signaling continuity in Japanese diplomacy in the Asia Pacific. In his campaign for...