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  • 26 Sep 2022
    • India
    • Nepal

    Animal attractions: India confronts a neighbourhood dilemma

    Aarti Betigeri
    Wildlife doesn’t care for political boundaries, but nationalism can prove a stubborn obstacle to conservation efforts.
  • 18 Sep 2022
    • India
    • Sri Lanka
    • Asylum seekers and refugees

    Concern for Sri Lankans fleeing to India amid economic crisis

    Prarthana Sen
    A close haven carries appeal, but can life ever be settled without a legal status?
  • 13 Sep 2022
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia
    • Trade
    • United States

    The Quad needs a stronger economic message

    Rena Sasaki
    Trade is the path to regional prosperity, but the four partners stand divided on how this can be achieved.
  • 9 Sep 2022
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • India
    • Russia

    The SCO: an illiberal club of growing global significance

    Nick Bisley
    A likely face-to-face meeting between Putin, Xi and Modi will be an uncomfortable sight for Quad partners.
  • 22 Aug 2022
    • India
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • Sri Lanka
    • Climate change

    Blue economy may be the key to South Asia's upswing

    Samriddhi Roy
    Why governance, blue bonds and women are critical to a thriving ocean-based economy.
  • 19 Aug 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Sri Lanka

    China is losing ground in Sri Lanka

    Rupert Stone
    Beijing is blamed unfairly for its role in the island’s crisis ­– but its response has hardly enhanced China’s influence.
  • 11 Aug 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    India and Russia: friends for a reason, friends for a season

    Aarti Betigeri
    Delhi plays a delicate balancing act between self-interest and historical friendship. And it’s all about oil and gas.
  • 27 Jul 2022
    • Japan
    • India
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Issues
    • Environment
    • Coronavirus
    • Climate change
    • United States

    The Quad needs a futures focus

    Abhijnan Rej
    A better – and public – understanding is needed of the cascading effects of regional challenges.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • India

    India’s social media crackdown is a challenge to the rules-based order

    Sasha Fegan
    Sweeping new laws raise concerns about free speech and the character of India as an Indo-Pacific power.
  • 26 Jul 2022
    • India

    A smoke screen of “normalcy” in Kashmir

    Shivangi Seth
    In the ethnically diverse region, a displaced minority continues to battle for its rights.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • India
    • India's Economy

    India’s economy after Covid

    Roland Rajah
    Digitalisation is helping the top and the bottom, but jobs are a big concern.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • India
    • United Nations
    • Migration
    • International law

    Why India needs a refugee law

    Shivangi Seth
    Adopting international standards will not only benefit people seeking asylum but India’s relations in the neighbourhood.
  • 25 Jul 2022
    • India's Economy
    • India
    • Free Trade

    India’s trade policy needs to prioritise the region

    Amita Batra
    New Delhi’s economic integration with Asian neighbours will enhance global value chains and ensure its trade resilience.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Pakistan
    • Afghanistan
    • India

    India-Pakistan: regional rivalries still rule in Afghanistan

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    The visit of an Indian delegation for talks with the Taliban in Kabul has raised eyebrows in neighbouring Pakistan.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • Asean
    • India
    • Japan
    • Australia and Asia
    • United States

    Why Australia shouldn’t put all its eggs in the Quad basket

    Henry Storey
    The regional security pact is yet to prove its worth. Options must be kept open, with minilaterals top of the list.
  • 27 Jun 2022
    • India
    • Australia

    India-Australia relations: Positivity might be coming at a cost

    Aarti Betigeri
    The tricky terrain of maintaining values and of keeping pace with changing colours in the Australian-Indian community.
  • 10 Jun 2022
    • India
    • Sex and Gender

    India’s inconsistent adherence to the Women, Peace and Security agenda

    Shivangi Seth
    Sending women to serve as peacekeepers is laudable. But at home, women continue to be marginalised.
  • 8 Jun 2022
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • North Korea

    The Pyongyang problem for the Quad

    Cherry Hitkari
    North Korea poses a challenge for regional security, and so often China has stood to benefit from such instability.
  • 27 May 2022
    • India
    • Singapore
    • Human rights
    • Multiculturalism

    A tale of two countries: interpreting The Kashmir Files

    Pravin Prakash , Antara Chakraborthy
    Once famed for their secular constitutions, India and Singapore have taken different tacks on religious vilification.
  • 26 May 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan
    • Technology

    “Black ships”, the Quad and space

    Philip Citowicki
    Satellite technology underpins the attempt to tackle China’s illegal fishing.
  • 26 May 2022
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan

    Albanese steps cautiously through the Quad wrangle

    Donna Weeks
    Japan’s media enthusiastically covered the “diplomatic debut” of Australia’s new PM, expecting continuity over change.
  • 17 May 2022
    • Asia
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan
    • Russia
    • Energy
    • Ukraine

    No Gas: Lessons from Poland and Bulgaria for the Quad

    Angus Houston , Marc Grossman
    The risk of disrupted energy supplies is not only in Europe but a danger in the Indo-Pacific, too.
  • 17 May 2022
    • Asia
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan

    AUKUS: More than meets the eye

    Jada Fraser
    A series of small, overlapping initiatives are combining to bolster the security architecture of the Indo-Pacific.
  • 16 May 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan

    Pakistani separatists turn their sights on China

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    A Balochistan independence group has ordered Beijing to quit its interests in the region … to no effect.
  • 22 Apr 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    India-Russia: A friend in need

    Christopher Snedden 
    New Delhi’s reluctance to speak out on Ukraine is also influenced by own ambition in the disputed Kashmir region.
  • 21 Apr 2022
    • Trade
    • Australia
    • India

    A first for India and a chance to trade up with Australia

    Amita Batra
    The new trade deal should be a stepping stone for the two countries to make their economic partnership comprehensive.
  • 11 Apr 2022
    • India
    • Indonesia

    Can Shah Rukh Khan help India “Act East”?

    Teesta Prakash
    Bollywood has star power, even in Indonesia, as the Lowy Poll revealed. It’s time to capitalise on the connection.
  • 8 Apr 2022
    • India
    • Japan

    How Japan can help nudge India away from Russia

    Ryosuke Hanada
    India’s biggest security headache remains a belligerent China, and Japan should look to help ease this challenge.
  • 4 Apr 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • United Kingdom

    AUKUS can be a good platform for cooperation with India

    David Brewster
    And it wouldn’t be the first time the partners had worked together, either.
  • 29 Mar 2022
    • India
    • Maldives

    India consolidates its role in southern Maldives

    David Brewster
    But Australia and other international partners have a role, too.
  • 21 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Asean
    • Australia
    • India
    • Japan

    Does the Quad Plus add up?

    Susannah Patton
    The four-way security group should walk its talk about an inclusive region by stepping up dialogue with other countries.
  • 15 Mar 2022
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Common enemies and instinctive friends

    Yun Jiang
    Presenting the world as one of binary choices can undermine good policymaking.
  • 10 Mar 2022
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    The Ukraine war could transform India’s military preparedness

    Dhruva Jaishankar
    Russia on a war footing will be less capable of providing India with critical defence equipment.
  • 9 Mar 2022
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    China is key to understanding India’s dilemma over Ukraine

    Teesta Prakash
    Quad partners have recognised New Delhi needs its military ties with Moscow to stand against Beijing.
  • 9 Mar 2022
    • China
    • India
    • Space exploration

    Asia’s space race: China leads India on strategy

    Namrata Goswami
    Beijing and New Delhi’s space programs have very different backstories and have taken markedly different trajectories.
  • 4 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • Global Economy
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Australia
    • European Union
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Back in the USSR – surprises in the Russia-Ukraine conflict

    Tim Harcourt
    It’d be funny, if it wasn’t so deadly serious.
  • 3 Mar 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Australia and the crisis in Europe: threats and opportunities

    Richard Maude , Ben Scott
    A global contest of values and interests – and sharply divergent visions of order - is now dramatically intensified.
  • 2 Mar 2022
    • India

    Is India’s row over hijabs about optics – or opportunity?

    Aarti Betigeri
    Teenagers in a small southern state test the country’s tradition of religious pluralism.
  • 16 Feb 2022
    • Australia
    • India

    Beyond the Quad: Fostering stronger India-Australia ties

    Anuttama Banerji
    A common concern about China cannot be the lone factor for enduring engagement.
  • 9 Feb 2022
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • China
    • India
    • Japan

    Delivering promises will show steel in Quad

    Indrani Bagchi
    Presidents Xi and Putin make a deliberate show of solidarity, but Quad partners should focus on boosting defence ties.
  • 2 Feb 2022
    • India

    India’s northeast: An integral piece of the puzzle

    Aarti Betigeri
    Ongoing unrest in the country’s border regions has forced a rethink on security challenges and self-determination.
  • 10 Jan 2022
    • India's Navy
    • Myanmar
    • India
    • Bangladesh
    • Sri Lanka
    • Maldives
    • Seychelles

    Indian Ocean step-up

    David Brewster
    India is in the driver’s seat to build new security structures in the region, but it can’t do it alone.
  • 22 Dec 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • United States
    • Australia
    • India
    • United Kingdom

    India remains divided about AUKUS

    Abhijit Singh
    Something about the new Australia, UK and US deal suggests it could detract from the value and usefulness of the Quad.
  • 21 Dec 2021
    • India

    India’s beauty and the beast

    Aarti Betigeri
    From UN seats and economic rebounds to Miss Universe wins and Olympic golds, it’s been quite a year.
  • 7 Dec 2021
    • Australia
    • India

    In 2021, interest in Australian education has waned for Indians

    Anna Boucher , Elisa Choy
    Singled out by travel bans, exploited at work and a sense local standards are slipping has turned Indian students off.
  • 3 Dec 2021
    • Global Economy
    • The Americas
    • China
    • India
    • Russia
    • Africa

    Twenty years of BRICS

    Stephen Grenville
    As analysis by acronym, it has been a stunning success. But for reorganising global economic governance?
  • 2 Dec 2021
    • India
    • Russia
    • Ukraine

    Russia, more than China, leaves India with a dilemma

    Divyanshu Jindal
    Navigating Taiwan strife seems simple compared to India’s awkward position on Ukraine.
  • 24 Nov 2021
    • China
    • India
    • Climate change

    India, China cop finger pointing in climate politics

    Aarti Betigeri
    It really depends on your perspective as to who deserves blame for a disappointing process in Glasgow.
  • 24 Nov 2021
    • Defence & Security
    • India
    • Maldives

    Maldives: India first or India out?

    David Brewster
    Relations between one of the largest countries in the world and one of the smallest inevitably brings sensitivities.
  • 9 Nov 2021
    • China
    • India
    • Sri Lanka

    India’s answer to China’s ports in Sri Lanka

    Chulanee Attanayake
    Adani’s multimillion-dollar investment in Colombo not only makes commercial sense, it’s a strategic game-changer, too.
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