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Indo Pacific news

'Deep historical roots': US drops 'Indo' from Indo-Pacific Command

US Indo-Pacific Command restores name to US Pacific Command.
Updated on Jun 17, 2026 09:00 pm IST

Reimagining Asia from New Delhi and Tokyo

An Asian agenda need not be anti-western. In fact, a more confident and internally resilient Asia would contribute to global stability. (Reuters)
Published on May 28, 2026 08:22 pm IST

USS Higgins fire: What caused blaze on aircraft carrier? What we know

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier leaves Naval Station Norfolk, June 23, 2025. (Representational)
Updated on May 01, 2026 04:51 am IST

India, New Zealand back free, open and secure Indo-Pacific: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his New Zealand counterpart Christopher Luxon at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
Updated on Mar 17, 2025 02:48 pm IST

Rajnath Singh calls for collective efforts to deal with Indo-Pacific issues

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addresses the 13th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs' Conference (IPACC)
Published on Sept 26, 2023 03:06 pm IST

Daily brief: Quad leaders issue joint statement on Indo-Pacific, Ukraine war

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with USA President Joe Biden, Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida during the Quad Leaders' Summit, in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday.
Published on May 20, 2023 09:04 pm IST

NATO chief stresses importance of Indo-Pacific partners amid security tensions

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during a visit and presentation at Keio University in Tokyo on February 1, 2023.
Published on Feb 01, 2023 02:32 pm IST

India in the Indo-Pacific: Pursuing prosperity and security

PREMIUM
The time is right to have a renewed focus on regional geopolitics – and no region is now more important than the Indo-Pacific.
Published on May 11, 2024 01:56 pm IST

Deciphering the 19th ASEAN-India Summit

PREMIUM
This year’s summit is remarkable on three counts.
Published on May 11, 2024 01:52 pm IST

Indo-Pacific security, Ukraine focus areas

External affairs minister S Jaishankar meets with New Zealand foreign minister Nanaia Mahuta. (S Jaishankar/Twitter)
Updated on Oct 07, 2022 07:35 am IST

India joins US-led Indo-Pacific group

India has not joined the first pillar on trade embedded in the IPEF at this stage in the negotiation process. (AFP)
Updated on Sept 10, 2022 04:59 am IST

US hopes IPEF meeting kicks off globalisation 2.0

United States (US) administration believes that the fact that IPEF does not resemble a traditional free trade pact is feature not a bug. (PTI)
Updated on Sept 10, 2022 04:59 am IST

India to join three of four IPEF ‘pillars’

Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal and US trade representative Katherine Tai after a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of Indo-Pacific Economic Framework Ministerial in Los Angeles, Thursday, September 8, 2022. (PTI Photo)
Updated on Sept 09, 2022 06:03 am IST

Japan set to join 'Garuda Shield' military drill in Indonesia for the first time

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend a summit meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2022.
Published on Jul 27, 2022 12:15 pm IST

US to host virtual Indo-Pacific trade meeting tomorrow

U.S. President Joe Biden listens to other leaders joining the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) launch event virtually, at Izumi Garden Gallery in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022. 
Published on Jul 25, 2022 07:07 am IST

The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF): An Asean perspective

PREMIUM
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was launched by United States (US) President Biden in Tokyo on May 23, 2022.
Published on May 11, 2024 01:21 pm IST

India joins US move to set up Indo-Pacific economic bloc

(ANI)
Updated on May 24, 2022 01:50 am IST

Indo-Pacific strategy bound to fail: China

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi (REUTERS)
Updated on May 23, 2022 12:46 am IST

Focus on Indo-Pacific as PM heads to Tokyo

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emplanes for Tokyo, in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI)
Updated on May 23, 2022 01:10 am IST

US-led Indo-Pacific strategy is a ploy to create divisions: China

FILE PHOTO: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds a news briefing ahead of the 9th BRICS Summit, in Beijing, China August 30, 2017. China Daily via REUTERS (REUTERS)
Updated on May 23, 2022 01:22 am IST

‘US to boost Indian ability against Chinese naval activity’

‘US to boost Indian ability against Chinese naval activity’
Updated on Apr 28, 2022 05:38 am IST

Boris Johnson to begin two-day India visit today | What’s on UK PM's agenda

Traffic moves past a hoarding placed in Ahmedabad for the welcome of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of his visit to India.
Updated on Apr 21, 2022 02:53 pm IST

Indo-Pacific in mind, Australia to go for $7.4 billion nuke submarine base

Australia is set to build eight nuclear submarines and deploy them in the later half of next decade
Published on Mar 17, 2022 01:46 pm IST

Quad Economy & Technology task force: A time for concerted action

PREMIUM
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic underlined the dependencies and vulnerabilities of the Quad nations individually and as a group.
Published on May 11, 2024 12:18 pm IST

How India can maximise the potential from France’s EU presidency

PREMIUM
This year, France took over the six month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU on January 1, with an aspiring agenda involving regulation of digital giants, minimum wages in Europe, Schengen reform, and enhancing European defence and security complementary to NATO.
Published on May 11, 2024 12:17 pm IST

In its new Indo-Pacific strategy, US commits to supporting India’s rise

US secretary of state Antony Blinken (left) meets with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar before the Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne on Friday. (AFP)
Updated on Feb 13, 2022 04:52 am IST

Quad leaders take up Indo-Pacific, Ukraine

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison meets with US secretary of state Antony Blinken, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at the Quad meeting of foreign ministers in Melbourne, Australia, February 11, 2022. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/POOL)
Updated on Feb 12, 2022 11:46 am IST

Why AUKUS is good for containing Chinese belligerence in Indo-Pacific?

Nick-named as carrier killer, the Chinese DF-21 D ballistic missile is designed to keep US aircraft carrier beyond the first island chain, thus giving PLA a free run of the South China Sea.
Published on Jan 06, 2022 09:11 am IST

US hits out at China's moves in Indo-Pacific, seeks allies in Asia

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy at the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta on December 14, 2021. 
Published on Dec 14, 2021 09:14 am IST