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New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
Multimedia, 3 March 2021
This week, Veerle is joined by Professor David Capie, Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Professor of International Relations at Victoria University in Wellington.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Turning to the Indo-Pacific: Canada Examines a Future Role
Multimedia, 17 February 2021
This week, Veerle is joined by Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director and Senior Fellow of the Indo-Pacific Programme at the MacDonald Laurier Institute in Ottawa.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Synergy
Multimedia, 3 February 2021
This week, Veerle is joined by Professor Heung-Kyu Kim, founder and Director of the US-China Policy Institute and professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Ajou University, South Korea.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Trump, Biden, and the Indo-Pacific
Multimedia, 20 January 2021
After the inauguration of President-elect Biden, this episode both takes a retrospective look at what worked and what didn’t in the Trump Administration’s approach to the Indo-Pacific, and examines what lies ahead for US foreign policy in the region.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
The SCRI and Strategic Advantage for the UK in the Indo-Pacific
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 January 2021
Jagannath Panda
As the UK considers an engagement strategy with the Indo-Pacific after Brexit, the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative offers a chance to build a free-trade bloc amongst ‘like-minded nations’ and deepen strategic ties in the region.
Tags: China, Japan, India, UK, Pacific
Are the UK and India Finally Getting Serious About Each Other?
Commentary, 8 January 2021
Walter Ladwig
The UK and India are getting closer. But some of the key building blocks of the relationship still need to be laid.
Tags: UK Integrated Review 2021, India, UKPages

Are the UK and India Finally Getting Serious About Each Other?
Commentary, 8 January 2021Walter Ladwig
The UK and India are getting closer. But some of the key building blocks of the relationship still need to be laid.
UK Integrated Review 2021, India, UK
The Biden Administration and the Future of US–India Ties
Commentary, 9 December 2020Aaditya Dave
Mutual concerns around China’s assertiveness, as well as economic and diaspora ties, will sustain the positive trajectory of the US–India relationship.
China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, United States, India
What Does Biden’s Victory Mean for the Indo-Pacific?
Commentary, 30 November 2020Walter Ladwig
The substance of Joe Biden’s approach to the region and key actors will remain very similar to that of his predecessor, albeit with a different tone and a much greater focus on coordinating with allies.
China, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, United States, India, Pacific
The Geopolitics of Indo-Pacific Trade
Commentary, 25 November 2020Andrew Cainey
While there is talk of a broader ‘Indo-Pacific’, encompassing the Indian Ocean as well as the Pacific, this is not yet reflected in the geopolitics of trade.
China, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, India, Pacific
India Must Secure the Indian Ocean to Deter China’s Assertion Along the Border
Commentary, 9 July 2020Don McLain Gill
While the violent face-off between Indian and Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh appears limited to the border between the two states, the confrontation extends to the sea as well. Here, India may hold an advance if it improves its power-projection capabilities.
China, IndiaPages

New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
Multimedia, 3 March 2021This week, Veerle is joined by Professor David Capie, Director of the Centre for Strategic Studies and Professor of International Relations at Victoria University in Wellington.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Turning to the Indo-Pacific: Canada Examines a Future Role
Multimedia, 17 February 2021This week, Veerle is joined by Jonathan Berkshire Miller, Director and Senior Fellow of the Indo-Pacific Programme at the MacDonald Laurier Institute in Ottawa.
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Synergy
Multimedia, 3 February 2021This week, Veerle is joined by Professor Heung-Kyu Kim, founder and Director of the US-China Policy Institute and professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy at Ajou University,...
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Trump, Biden, and the Indo-Pacific
Multimedia, 20 January 2021After the inauguration of President-elect Biden, this episode both takes a retrospective look at what worked and what didn’t in the Trump Administration’s approach to the Indo-Pacific, and examines...
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South Asia
Europe Turns to the Indo-Pacific
Multimedia, 16 December 2020Germany, France, and The Netherlands have published Indo-Pacific Strategies. The United Kingdom speaks of a strategic tilt to the region. But what does all this mean in practice?
Tags: Bridging the Oceans Podcast Series, China, International Security Studies, Navigating the Indo-Pacific, Japan, India, Maritime Forces, Pacific, Central and South AsiaPages

The SCRI and Strategic Advantage for the UK in the Indo-Pacific
RUSI Newsbrief, 15 January 2021Jagannath Panda
As the UK considers an engagement strategy with the Indo-Pacific after Brexit, the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative offers a chance to build a free-trade bloc amongst ‘like-minded nations’ and...
China, Japan, RUSI Newsbrief, India, UK, Pacific
Pakistan: What a New Kashmir Policy Might Look Like
RUSI Newsbrief, 20 November 2020Tim Willasey-Wilsey
Pakistan pays a heavy price for its claim to Kashmir: higher military spending, domestic instability, and exclusion from Indian markets and the transit trade with Central Asia. A more coherent...
Pakistan, RUSI Newsbrief, India
What Will an Indo-Pacific Supply Chain Resilience Initiative Mean for China?
RUSI Newsbrief, 25 September 2020Jagannath Panda
The emergence of alternative global supply chains could hurt China’s economic influence. Beijing must dial down its ‘charm offensive’ economic policies to remain an attractive trade partner.
China, Japan, RUSI Newsbrief, India, Global Security Issues, Pacific
China Pulls Back
RUSI Newsbrief, 10 July 2020Sarosh Bana
An uneasy truce has developed between India and China. Beijing stunned New Delhi by commencing withdrawal on 6 July from areas it had seized two months earlier.
China, RUSI Newsbrief, India
Assessing the US–India Strategic Partnership in the Wake of the Trump Visit
RUSI Newsbrief, 17 April 2020Walter Ladwig
Bilateral cooperation between the US and India has expanded in key areas, but the relationship increasingly rests on unstable foundations.
United States, US Defence Policy, RUSI Newsbrief, India, Global Security IssuesPages

Modi's India: Ambitions and Challenges
Events, 6 November 2015Examining UK-India relations prior to the Indian Prime Minister's visit to the UK.
RUSI International, India
India's Nuclear Forces: The Challenges of Operationalization and Stability
Events, 6 February 2014The UK Project on Nuclear Issues (UK PONI) hosted Gaurav Kampani of Cornell University for an evening seminar on 6 February to explore the links between India’s nuclear doctrine and forces, and their...
Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, UK Project on Nuclear Issues, India, Global Security Issues, Proliferation and Nuclear Policy, Central and South Asia
"'The real question going forward is how India will accommodate China’s rise, but also that China must learn to handle India’s rise and take its concerns more seriously.'"
To suggest that India rejects the Belt and Road Initiative in its entirety would be wrong
In The News, 27 December 2018 Tags: China, International Security Studies, India
"The “coded criticism and the olive branch” approach was “in keeping with [Mr Modi’s] cautious style,” he said. There were “obvious rebukes” to China, but overall the speech sought to “wind down the tension” between the two countries."
India's Prime Minister rebukes China whilst holding out 'olive branch'
In The News, 1 June 2018 Tags: China, India, Central and South Asia
"“India believes that last year's crisis marked a dangerous phase in the relationship and that tensions need to be kept in check — especially with national elections in 2019,” wrote Shashank Joshi of the Royal United Services Institute in London."
The most important Asian summit doesn’t involve Kim Jong Un
In The News, 27 April 2018 Tags: India, Central and South Asia
"It would have seemed implausible that, just eight months on, Mr Modi and Mr Xi would be meeting at an informal summit. But this is exactly what it is happening in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as the two leaders convene far from their capitals, without aides or an agenda, and plenty of time to discuss their mounting differences."
India China: Why is Modi meeting Xi now?
In The News, 26 April 2018 Tags: China, India, Global Security Issues, Central and South Asia
"“India and Pakistan have been squeezing one another’s diplomats for decades,” said Shashank Joshi, a senior policy fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. “It goes up and down, spiking during periods of political tension or tit-for-tat spirals after small incidents.” “This certainly isn’t isolated to India and Pakistan,” he added, “but those two countries do have more manpower to devote to it.”"
Pakistan and India in diplomatic ding-dong
In The News, 16 March 2018 Tags: Pakistan, India
Dependent Deterrent? US Support for the UK’s New Nuclear Warhead
New Zealand's Indo-Pacific Recalibration
The Budding Alliance Between Lockdown Critics and the Far-Right in Germany