Written by John Holthaus
The countries that make up the Quad should use the existing approved agreements — including strengthening their relationship through maritime logistics and ship repair — before China completes its planned expansion into the IOR.
Read MoreAs this year draws to a close we recap events through ten of our most-read articles. As an entirely independent platform, we remain committed to connecting Europe and the Indo-Pacific while also seeking to showcase the next generation of leading thinkers. Thank you to all our contributors and we look forward to offering yet more high-quality analysis next year.
Read MoreWritten by Blake Herzinger
Malabar 2020 may be trumpeted as a triumph of the Quad, but defining it as a ‘Quad exercise’ is unnecessarily narrow, and would likely preclude participation from other countries in the future, should the organisers wish to include them.
Read MoreWritten by James Laurenceson
With China’s purchasing power over the next decade forecast to grow more than that of the US, Japan, India and Indonesia combined, expect Australian businesses to craft more sophisticated strategies to manage coercive risk, rather than just looking to sell more to other markets.
Read MoreWritten by Pratnashree Basu
Understood from this perspective, the participation of Australia in this year’s Malabar exercise along with the three other participants elevates the geostrategic significance of the exercise and marks an additional sphere of engagement in the already many-tiered network of alliances that the Indo-Pacific has given rise to.
Read MoreWritten by Jyotsna Mehra
Last month, President Donald Trump made his first state visit to India when he flew to the country in the middle of a charged election campaign. Despite this obvious affirmation of New Delhi’s elevated status in Washington’s foreign policy calculations, the trip itself did not result in ‘pathbreaking’ deliverables.
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