The Indo-Pacific’s fragility, visible in sea-based coercion, piracy, and climate-induced disasters, has demanded new instruments of engagement. Naval refits have emerged as one of such unique strategic levers. India news | Opinions

Refits and reach: India’s strategic maritime power under MAHASAGAR

As per reports, the Asia-Pacific region is increasingly showing signs of an arms race that could destabilize one of the world's most economically vital areas. Major powers such as China, Taiwan, Australia, South Korea, and North Korea are significantly enhancing their military capabilities in response to rising tensions. The region faces a complex and dangerous landscape, suggesting the possibility of a new Cold War centred in the Asia-Pacific.

The New Arms Race in Asia-Pacific

A Chinese defence official has said that the US is now trying to build an Asia-Pacific version of NATO to maintain its hegemony in the region the remarks were made at the Shanghai dialogue in Singapore.

China attacks US' Indo-Pacific strategy

China: US trying to build an Asia-Pacific version of NATO

Amid the rising Indo-Pacific tensions, Indonesia and Beijing have agreed to strengthen cooperation and bilateral relations. However, things were completely different between the two nations just a few years ago. Relations between Indonesia and China were frozen for the longest time. But now China is also a major contributor of foreign direct investment to Indonesia. Why and how did the dynamics change between the two?

South China Sea Tensions: Why is Indonesia warming up to China

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson announced on Wednesday that the long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region might take place as soon as Saturday.

US House to vote over aid for Ukraine, Israel & Indo-Pacific; bill allocates $60.84 bn for Ukraine

Taiwan FM Joseph Wu speaks to WION on India-Taiwan ties, semiconductor, Indo-Pacific, and more

#Gravitas | Will the next major war be in the Indo-Pacific? All signs point to it. Countries that China has angered with its territorial claims are banding together with the U.S. as concerns grow that Beijing will invade Taiwan by mid-century.

China's Expansionism Prompts Navies to Work Closer Together

China’s assertive posture in the Indo-Pacific region has raised global security concerns. Beijing is resorting to assertive use of its economic might and military coercion by advancing unlawful maritime claims and threatening maritime shipping lanes. China seeks to undermine the rules-based order; and now, US has lauded India's key role in preventing a revisionist challenge of the status quo.

'Most important bilateral partnership': Spotlight on India-US defence ties

Alarm is growing over Chinese belligerence in the Indo-Pacific and India is playing a key role in helping uphold the international rules-based order amid rising geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific. Several Nations have assessed that the risk of conflict is indeed increasing defence budgets have surged.

Breaking News | US lauds India's role in the Indo-Pacific

US lauds India's role in Indo-Pacific and Indian Ocean

92% of Japanese population considers China a threat to their national security. A majority of the population also supports an increased spending on defence. How will this deteriorating opinion of China impact the fast-changing geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific?

Gravitas: 92% of Japanese consider Xi Jinping's China a threat, here's why

As per the Carnegie endowment for international peace, the Indo-Pacific region is on the cusp of a new missile age driven by perceptions of rising insecurity. Collins Chong Yew Keat, foreign affairs, strategy and security expert from Kuala Lumpur, joins us to discuss.

Increased missile proliferation in Indo-Pacific

The United States Reports say that in an attempt to enhance deterrence against China. Washington is set to deploy a ground Intermediate-range missiles in the Indo Pacific in 2024.

US deploys weapons in Indo-Pacific as China ups aggression

Indo-Pacific trade pillar stumbles, US faces setback in countering China

India-US 2+2: Defence, foreign ministers discuss West Asia; MQ-9B drones deal on charts

The Army Chiefs of India and the US have underscored the importance of partnerships between the two forces to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, both the general stressed that ties between the two armies are growing strong.

13th Indo-Pacific Army Chiefs' meet: US, Indian Army Chiefs' underscore ties in region | Newspoint

Respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity underpin development of Indo-Pacific: Quad foreign ministers

Future cooperation on the Indo-Pacific, trade issues, the situation in Myanmar, and the recent controversy over China’s map are likely to be on the agenda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves on Wednesday for a two-day visit, from September 6-7 to Jakarta to attend the annual ASEAN-India Summit and the East Asia Summit hosted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

Indo-Pacific, China map and trade on the agenda as PM leaves for Jakarta

US will help Australia develop guided missiles by 2025; cooperate with India for Indo-Pacific security

The spotlight is back on the Indo-Pacific region as China prepares to add more military might to its Navy. The Asian superpower is expected to launch two multi-role Naval warships adding muscle to its new generation of aircraft carriers' strike groups.

China's military expansion raises concern over regional stability

India, France draw up roadmap for balanced and stable order in Asia-Pacific region

French President Emmanuel Macron has dismissed NATO's plans of having an outpost in Japan insisting that such geographical expansion would risk shifting that alliance commitments too far from its original focus on North Atlantic niche areas.

Indo-Pacific is not North Atlantic, says Emmanuel Macron | World News | WION

German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius is in New Delhi. The high-level visit aims to facilitate bilateral defence cooperation and explore avenues for strategic partnership. India was one of the first countries to end the state of war with post-war Germany in 1951. It was also amongst the first countries to recognize the federal republic of Germany.

India and Germany focus on defence cooperation | Berlin among New Delhi's Indo-Pacific allies

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