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Importing Risk at Sea: Somalia’s Bet on Pakistan’s Navy is Self-Defeating
On August 28, 2025, Somalia’s cabinet approved a five-year defence cooperation MoU with Pakistan, covering training from basic to staff-college level, naval technical assistance, maintenance and new unit stand-up, selective equipment upgrades, and a Joint Defence Cooperation Committee that meets annually to steer the workstreams. The government paired this with similar cooperation instruments with Jordan…
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Turkey-Pakistan-China: Power Play at Sea with Somalia as Bait
Somalia’s coastline is fast becoming the hinge on which bigger powers test ideas about influence in the western Indian Ocean. Taken together—Turkey’s entrenched training presence and new maritime guarantees, Pakistan’s fresh military-training pact, and China’s money and hard facilities next door—the pattern looks less like Somali empowerment and more like a trilateral gravity well pulling…
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The Indian Navy Advances QUAD’s Vision for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific
The Indian Navy’s leadership within QUAD, exemplified by its pivotal role in Malabar exercises, reinforces a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. By countering regional threats, fostering maritime cooperation, and addressing non-traditional challenges, India positions itself as a stabilizing force and a key player in advancing shared security and economic objectives across the region.