While there has been tremendous growth in the economic, political, diplomatic and people-to-people ties between 🇮🇩🇨🇳, defence ties remain the weak link.

My take on why and how for ⁦IISS News⁩ Online Analysis👇🏻 iiss.org/online-analysi…

We are #hiring ! We are seeking to appoint a Senior Fellow for Defence and Military Analysis and Editor of our flagship product, The Military Balance/Military Balance+.

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🎙 NEW Sounds Strategic! Host Meia Nouwens 温玫雅 is joined by Veerle Nouwens 温丽玉, Evan A. Laksmana and Timothy Wright to discuss the Indo-Pacific security landscape.

🎧 Tune in now: go.iiss.org/4a1YKDF

Turkiye’s defence industry has undergone dramatic changes over the last 50 years and the country has become a significant defence exporter.

As part of a joint project, the IISS and the Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research explore the process and the issues that lie…

India recently delivered BrahMos missiles to the Philippines – the first batch of a US$375 million deal with Manila.

Read Viraj Solanki’s assessment of India’s most valuable defence-export deal to date. bit.ly/4bgyk1W

“India has become increasingly concerned that a China-dominated Southeast Asia could pose a greater challenge for India than previously anticipated”, says my colleague ⁦Viraj Solanki⁩ 👇🏻

*watch this space in the coming weeks #SLD24 #APRSA24 iiss.org/online-analysi…

Resistance forces almost expelled the junta from a key trading town on the Myanmar-Thailand border, but the battle didn't go according to plan.

New IISS update offers a detailed account of the dramatic turn-around at Myawaddy.

Details below. (1/10)

myanmar.iiss.org/updates/2024-04

“The DP’s foreign policy leadership… will likely advocate for closer ties with China and loosening trilateral cooperation between Japan, South Korea, and the United States.” carnegieendowment.org/2024/04/15/yoo…

“Indian spies were kicked out of Australia after being caught trying to steal secrets about sensitive defence projects and airport security, as well as classified information on Australia's trade relationships.” abc.net.au/news/2024-04-3…

Did Myawaddy really fall to the opposition forces? Who controls the area now? Can 🇹🇭’s Myanmar policy change the strategic equation?

My colleague Morgan Michaels examine these questions in great detail along with the usual great map! 👇🏻

myanmar.iiss.org/updates/2024-04

I wrote on the most recent Baltic GPS jamming. Thanks to Markus Jonsson for sharing their data, which triangulates the jammers’ location to near St Petersburg. Other sources say there is evidence of Russian jamming there. Most likely force protection. economist.com/the-economist-…

Had a great chat with my colleagues on missiles and (strategic) misalignments in the region! 🎧👇🏻

The use of guided weaponry in a contested environment has revealed the advantages and limitations of some types of systems | #MissileDialogueInitiative

Read the latest IISS assessment by William Alberque, Douglas Barrie, Zuzanna Gwadera and Timothy Wright : go.iiss.org/45zVXiF

Bagi yg berminat: Indonesian visiting scholar program indonesia.crawford.anu.edu.au/grants-and-fel…

'For the Biden administration, which has spent three years cultivating closer ties with India, the assassination plots have pitted professed values against strategic interests.' washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/…

It's now officially out! First book to completely assess the Duterte admin's impact on 🇵🇭politics, economy, & society. 13 chapters written by all-Philippine based scholars & practitioners. Thanks to the contributors a to my co-editor Jean Encinas Franco

bookshop.iseas.edu.sg/publication/79…

“The opposition also mirrors a broader criticism of what is characterised as an anti-China policy adopted under US pressure to the detriment of South Korea’s own economic and security interests.” eastasiaforum.org/2024/04/28/can…

“The opposition also mirrors a broader criticism of what is characterised as an anti-China policy adopted under US pressure to the detriment of South Korea’s own economic and security interests.” eastasiaforum.org/2024/04/28/can…

In the mid 1950s, the US Secretary of State publicly said that war over Taiwan would not activate the US-ROK mutual defense treaty. 1/3

“On the surface, they are united in emphasizing the importance of trilateral security cooperation — but South Korea’s main interest is responding to the North Korean nuclear threat, while the US and Japan’s is pressuring China.” english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e…