How and Why is Japan Expanding its Influence in the Indian Ocean?

August 21, 2020

Many political scientists could not but notice and weigh in on a trend on the global arena – Japan is not particularly quickly yet steadfastly gaining a foothold in the Indian Ocean (and not only in t…

A Russian-Indian LEMOA Could Lead to Logistics Pacts with Other Littoral States

December 19, 2018

Opinion

The Russian and Indian navies are carrying out exercises in the Bay of Bengal, which come on the heels of the ones that they just concluded on the mainland between their countries’ respective armies. …

It’s Almost Time for a Chinese-Pakistani LEMOA

June 27, 2018

Opinion

China and Pakistan should clinch their own Logistics Exchange Memorandum Of Agreement (LEMOA) to use one another’s military facilities if India continues with its pro-American pivot, though Beijing an…

New Delhi’s US-Backed “Chinese Containment” Strategy in the Afro-Indian Ocean

February 15, 2018

Opinion

India’s American-backed anti-Chinese “containment” strategy seeks to have New Delhi establish control over crucial nodes along the Sea Lines Of Communication (SLOC) in the Afro-Indian Ocean, but the c…

What is BRICS Member India Really Up To?

September 16, 2016

Opinion

You may have never heard of LEMOA. In Global South terms, LEMOA (Logistics Exchange Memorandum Agreement) is quite a big thing, signed in late August by Indian Defense Minister Mohan Parrikar and Pent…