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Global Commons
PRC OKs massive hydropower dam across Himalayan gorge
FORUM Staff The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has approved plans for what would be the world’s largest hydropower dam on the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River despite concern that it would harm downstream communities and fragile landscapes in India and Bangladesh. Experts also say tectonic plates below the Himalayan mountains, where the multistage Medog Hydropower Station is planned, make the…
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Partnerships
Indo-Pacific Endeavour links Australia with Allies and Partners for military exercises, training
FORUM Staff Legal workshops on security issues hosted in Sri Lanka recently kicked off Indo-Pacific Endeavour 24 (IPE), Australia’s five-month engagement involving 14 countries across Southeast Asia and the northeast Indian Ocean. Australian ships, aircraft and personnel deployed to individual countries for military exercises, training, workshops, and cultural and athletic activities. IPE, which runs from August to December 2024, covers…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
India boosts security partnerships with neighbors Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
FORUM Staff India and Bangladesh bolstered their defense relationship in June 2024, signing agreements to expand cooperation in maritime security, ocean economy and other issues. The accords came soon after Sri Lanka opened an India-funded upgrade to its naval monitoring center. The initiatives illustrate India’s “Neighborhood First” policy of managing relations with its eight closest neighbors: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
USINDOPACOM Office of Women, Peace & Security holds inaugural gender advisor course
FORUM Staff The United States Indo-Pacific Command’s (USINDOPACOM) Office of Women, Peace & Security (WPS) conducted its first Indo-Pacific Regional Military Gender Advisor Course in Hawaii in late August 2023. The event marked the launch of a five-year training initiative by USINDOPACOM. The WPS Office designed the annual course to develop a trained network of gender advisors from partner nations,…
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Global Commons
Indo-Pacific nations lead U.N. peacekeeping efforts
FORUM Staff Indo-Pacific countries have become top contributors to United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, and their accomplishments and sacrifices will be honored along with those of other nations on International Day of U.N. Peacekeepers. On May 29, the U.N. recognizes military personnel, police officers and civilians who have helped nations torn by conflict, including the thousands who died doing so.…
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Conflicts - Tensions
Bangladesh shifts position, calls Ukraine war a ‘violation of international law’
Benar News Formerly noncommittal Bangladesh has proclaimed the Ukraine war violates international law and the United Nations charter. The South Asian nation revised its position in a joint statement with Japan issued during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Tokyo in late April 2023. (Pictured: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands…
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South Asia
PRC’s massive dam in Himalayas raises tensions downstream
FORUM Staff The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) withholding of details about its planned super hydropower dam — potentially the world’s largest — on the Brahmaputra (Yarlung Tsangpo) River in the Tibet Autonomous Region has spurred anxiety and mistrust among neighbors. The Brahmaputra provides water for farming, fishing and transport in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and the People’s Republic of China (PRC).…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
Bangladesh, Maldives deepen cooperation on Indian Ocean security
Bangladesh and the Maldives agreed in late December 2021 to expand security cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Indian Ocean region, weeks after the nations participated in maritime exercises with like-minded military partners, including the United States. In a statement, the two nations’ leaders highlighted “the importance of working together bilaterally, regionally and internationally in combating the rising…
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