Tag
Indian Ocean

April 09, 2019
India, Sri Lanka Conclude Agreement on Countering Drug and Human Trafficking
By Ankit Panda
Drugs and human trafficking were at the center of recent talks.

April 02, 2019
Mission Shakti and Beyond: Breaking Down India’s Anti-Satellite Test
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
India’s prime minister has declared the country a “space superpower.”

March 20, 2019
Sri Lanka Will Get a $3.9 Billion Refinery Next to China-Run Hambantota Port
By Bharatha Mallawarachi
Sri Lanka's export earnings may rise as much as $7 billion because of the refinery.

March 18, 2019
Royal Australian Navy Task Group Arrives in Sri Lanka for Indo-Pacific Endeavor 2019 Exercises
By Ankit Panda
Four vessels—HMAS Canberra, HMAS Success, HMAS Newcastle, and HMAS Parramata—arrived in Sri Lanka.

February 26, 2019
International Court of Justice Rules UK Must End Administration of Chagos Islands
By Mike Corder
Britain had unlawfully carved up Mauritius, an international court has ruled.

February 21, 2019
Top US, Maldives Diplomats Meet in Washington
By Ankit Panda
The meeting marks the highest-level interaction between the two countries since a change in government in Malé.

December 18, 2018
India, Maldives Recalibrate Their Bilateral Relationship With Modi-Solih Summit
By Ankit Panda
In New Delhi, the Maldives’ new president pledges to implement an ”India first” foreign policy.

December 11, 2018
China Dispatches New Naval Fleet for Gulf of Aden Escort Mission
By Ankit Panda
The PLAN's deployments to the western Indian Ocean region continue.

November 30, 2018
A Missionary's Death in India's Highly Securitized Andaman Islands
By Kajal Basu
Or how a US neomissionary's tragic evangelizing to a “primitive” tribe has left India's security mechanism at war with itself.

November 30, 2018
India and the Maldives: Back on Track?
By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Recent changes have provided an opening for both sides to recalibrate ties.

November 15, 2018
Indian Ocean Naval Symposium: Advancing India’s Interests in the IOR
By Udayan Das
Eyes on IONS: Can the platform be India’s vehicle to realize its ambitions in the Indian Ocean Region?

October 31, 2018
Asian Rivalries and the Sri Lankan Constitutional Crisis
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri
India must not err too far on the side of caution as events play out in Sri Lanka.