• Coastal Parade: Myanmar’s Chinese-Built Submarines and Their Constraints

    Over the past few years, Myanmar’s navy has tried to break out of its traditional mould as a coastal force reliant on patrol craft and small surface combatants. In pursuit of greater credibility, Naypyidaw has taken its first steps into the undersea domain. Submarines are potent symbols of naval maturity, but for Myanmar, the path…

  • The “Neo-Cold War” in the Indian Ocean Region

    The “Neo-Cold War” in the Indian Ocean Region

    Addressing an event last week at London’s Oxford University, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said some people are seeing “imaginary Chinese Naval bases in Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the Hambantota Port (in southern Sri Lanka) is a commercial joint venture between our Ports Authority and China Merchants – a company listed on the Hong Kong…