India
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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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Contemplations
Climate-driven calculation
REUTERS India is testing artificial intelligence (AI) to build climate models that improve weather forecasting as torrential rains, floods and droughts proliferate across the vast country. Climate change has triggered more intense weather events in India in recent years, resulting in the deaths of nearly 3,000 people in 2023, the independent Centre for Science and Environment estimated. Accurate forecasting is…
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Features
Advancing Space Partnerships
Lt. Stephen Schroeder/U.S. Navy, U.S. Space Command Joint Integrated Space Team Pacific The United States and its Allies and Partners are at the forefront of an emerging era of opportunity. Space’s critical role in the global commons has gained considerable attention in recent years, and the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) guidance has never been clearer: “Space is now a…
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Features
Partners For Progress
Dr. Ganeshan Wignaraja/Gateway House Sri Lanka is among developing Indo-Pacific countries contending with crippling debt that can quash decades of poverty reduction efforts, strain social stability and aggravate security threats. Colombo’s debt threatens its economic prosperity and poses challenges for regional security, but domestic adjustments and external partnerships are having positive effects. Its location makes it a good place for…
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Global Commons
India’s defense production soars with record output, strategic industrial corridors
Mandeep Singh With domestic defense production at record levels, India remains committed to the Defense Industrial Corridor model, with corridors in and around the states of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh focused on high-tech projects such as uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), electronic warfare and electro-optics. Rising output meets the needs of the Indian Armed Forces and promotes supply chain resilience…
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Northeast Asia
Allies, partners enhance all-domain readiness with military exercises across Indo-Pacific
FORUM Staff More than 30 allied and partner militaries deployed personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, uncrewed vehicles and other assets across the Indo-Pacific in mid-2024. The multinational, near-simultaneous exercises Pitch Black, Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) and Valiant Shield stretched from Oceania and the Western Pacific to Northeast Asia. Tens of thousands of troops joined the all-domain training to build interoperability…
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Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP
Quad partners decry South China Sea dangers, chart course for Free and Open Indo-Pacific
Reuters The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the United States said they are seriously concerned about intimidating and dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea and pledged to bolster maritime security in the region. The joint statement came in late July 2024 after talks among the Quad member nations in Tokyo, attended by Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong,…
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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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Partnerships
India, U.S. expected to further strengthen defense ties to boost regional security
Staff and news agency report Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, recently reelected to a third term, said he will continue to focus on increasing the country’s military preparedness and influence. The announcement comes amid the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) increasingly assertive behavior in the Indo-Pacific and growing tensions over Beijing’s disputed territorial claims, including along the 3,400-kilometer China-India border.…
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Global Commons
Japan leveraging infrastructure, innovation for strategic engagement
Felix Kim Recognizing the transformative potential of economic growth and technological innovation, Japan is engaging with emerging market countries across the Indo-Pacific to develop infrastructure, enhance business environments and increase sustainability. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plays a pivotal role in these efforts, supporting projects in sectors critical to sustainable development. Japan’s approach, including incorporating official development assistance (ODA),…
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