The Xiang Yang Hong 03 reached the Indian Ocean on July 11 after a brief stop in Malaysia. Damien Symon, an open-source intelligence expert, mapped the ship's movement in the region in a recent ...

Indian Ocean Region Looks for Post-Tsunami Rebound Five weeks after monster waves slammed the coastlines of 11 South Asian countries, tourism has sputtered to a trickle, especially in Indonesia ...

International power rivalry is playing out in the Indian Ocean region, India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday, adding that a strong naval presence in the key trade route was his ...

Russia may be honing its ambitions in the Indian Ocean region, but it will not be able to compete with the U.S., China, or India for the foreseeable future.

The Indian Ocean Region Strategic Review Act by Issa and Rep. Joaquin Castro, both of whom serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would require development of a multi-year strategy and ...

India is set to add another aircraft carrier to its fleet worth almost 400 billion rupees ($4.8 billion) as it seeks to counter China’s naval presence in the Indian Ocean region, according to ...

Alongside this, the country’s northwest – the region facing out toward and closest to the northeast Indian Ocean – is one of the least densely populated and underdeveloped regions on Earth.

Subscribe for ads-free reading. After the tumultuous election season in South Asia, this week’s episode of Beyond the Indus takes a look at the geopolitics of the wider Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

Over recent years, the national and international illegal trade in marine turtles and their derivatives has been largely under-reported by the 35 Signatory States of the Indian Ocean South East Asia ...