The agreement allows India to set up a satellite tracking station in Mauritius, boosting maritime surveillance amid increasing Chinese influence in the Indian Ocean.

Great Nicobar Island is located about 40 to 90 nautical miles, approximately 74 to 167 kilometres, from the northern entrance of the Strait of Malacca, the key maritime passage linking the Indian ...

In the Biden administration’s waning months, U.S. officials supported, indeed urged, Britain to cede the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the Chagos Archipelago ...

The U.K. is blocking U.S. use of two key bases for an attack on Iran, according to a report by The Times. Both Diego Garcia, ...

Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier wrapped up a tour of the Pacific last week that took him to Hawaii, South ...

During a recent panel discussion titled “Security Environment in the Indo-Pacific and Sri Lankan Diplomacy”, organised by the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with Dr. George I. H. Cooke, Senior ...

For the Indian Navy, geography defines India's strategic outlook. With its northern land spread, interlocked majorly between China and Pakistan, India's often underappreciated but greatest strategic ...

Analysts suggest that claims of an imminent Russian threat—especially around debates on Greenland or NATO postures—may be mischaracterized, with some leaders describing alleged threats as exaggerated ...

Seychelles participated in the Vanilla Islands Association Annual General Assembly in Comoros, marking the transfer of presidency and reinforcing regional tourism cooperation in the Indian Ocean.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Donald Trump have reaffirmed the strategic importance of the U.S.-UK ...

Four Chagossians return to the Chagos Islands, challenging the UK-Mauritius sovereignty transfer and highlighting ongoing ...

Seychelles is not merely a passive arena of great-power competition in the Indian Ocean but an active strategic negotiator whose choices are central to India’s maritime security vision ...