Indo-Pacific Geopolitics Reports

Our Indo-Pacific Research Desk aims to provide in-depth, actionable insights into the geopolitical dynamics of this region, with a focus on power competition, regional alliances, maritime security, and strategic economic trends. Its work covers the region’s affairs, including BRICS, ASEAN, the Belt and Road Initiative, the South China Sea and more. Its briefings have examined US limits on Sino-Indian alignment, the IMEC corridor, Cambodia’s Funan Techno Canal and Britain’s trade under the CPTPP.

Latest Indo-Pacific geopolitics reports

Triangular Power Politics: How The U.S. Limits Sino-Indian Alignment

Indo-Pacific

24 March 2026

Triangular Power Politics: How The U.S. Limits Sino-Indian Alignment

This report examines how India and China engage with one another on the global stage, situating their relationship within a historical context and current geopolitical and economic dynamics. By analysing the evolution of Sino-Indian bilateral interactions, the current landscape, and the role of U.S. power and alignment, this work provides a comprehensive assessment of their relationship. It argues that India and China’s markedly different interactions with the U.S. are central to the shaping of their engagement with each other.

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The Funan Techno Canal and Cambodia’s Strategic Development

Indo-Pacific

18 November 2025

The Funan Techno Canal and Cambodia’s Strategic Development

The Funan Techno Canal (FTC), a major infrastructure development in Southeast Asia, was first approved by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen in May 2023. The FTC is a 180km long canal, which will run from Phnom Penh to the Coast on the Gulf of Thailand. The project has a total estimated cost of $1.7 billion, representing a significant undertaking that is over five percent of Cambodia’s GDP. The FTC can accommodating cargo ships with a 3,000 deadweight tonnage in the dry season and up to 5,000 deadweight tonnage in the rainy season.

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The Strategic Expansion of Russia-North Korea Relations and its Security Implications

Europe

26 June 2025

The Strategic Expansion of Russia-North Korea Relations and its Security Implications

On 5 June 2025, Kim Jong-Un vowed to “unconditionally” support Russia in its war against Ukraine. This declaration exemplifies the growing Russia-North Korea relationship since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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IMEC Corridor: Strategic Realignment to Counterbalance China

Indo-Pacific

2 April 2025

IMEC Corridor: Strategic Realignment to Counterbalance China

The India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) is emerging as an essential initiative to counterbalance China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and wider posturing by Beijing. India has been critical of China’s BRI since its launch, and IMEC has been one of the alternative initiatives offering a different connectivity model.

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Indo-Pacific

1 April 2025

The Only Way is CPTPP? Measuring CPTPP trade success behind British/Indo-Pacific trade relations in line with the Indo-Pacific Tilt

It’s been over three months since the UK joined a band of 14 other mainly Pacific Rim countries in a trade bloc that is the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (or CPTPP for short).

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Belt and Road Initiative and the Counter of India

Indo-Pacific

20 February 2025

Belt and Road Initiative and the Counter of India

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has been in the limelight for the last decade because of its ambition to reshape the global economic and strategic landscape.

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The Mekong River Basin and transnational environmental management between China and Southeast Asia

Indo-Pacific

29 January 2025

The Mekong River Basin and transnational environmental management between China and Southeast Asia

Under the amplifying effect of global climate change, a series of intertwined environmental challenges in the Mekong River region have become more urgent and critical. The Mekong River Basin's average daily temperature has risen from 0.5°C to 1.5°C over the past 50 years and is projected to continue to rise by 0.79°C over the next 20 years. In addition to higher temperatures, climate change is leading to anomalies in precipitation patterns. Longer durations and more intense precipitation are frequent in Southeast Asia, and these trends will intensify in the future.

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