This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

French aircraft carrier, FS Charles De Gaulle (R91) passes alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) in the Mediterranean Sea, May 2, 2024. US Navy Photo The French ...

Milan – the Hindi word for “confluence” – began in 1995 with only four foreign navies: Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. This modest initiative of then Fortress Andaman & Nicobar (FORTAN) ...

DNV GL was recognized for its leadership and ability to innovate when it received both the “Classification Society” and the “Innovation Award” at the 2014 Lloyd’s List Asia Awards held on 30 October.

Over the past two weeks, leaders from around the world headed to Southeast Asia for two prominent gatherings—the first trilateral summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), ...

A map of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Sunda region as it appeared roughly 25,000 years ago at the height of the last Ice Age, with locations of archaeological sites surveyed by the Mindoro ...

Japan’s defence policy shift — doubling spending, acquiring counterstrike capabilities and loosening arms-export restrictions — is reshaping Southeast Asia’s security landscape. Tokyo’s new official ...

With shared interests in promoting international law and sustainable development, France and the Philippines should strengthen their maritime cooperation in the Indo-Pacific. Through bilateral ...

Marking the ASEAN–India Year of Maritime Cooperation, India deployed its First Training Squadron to Singapore, Indonesia, and Thailand. The visit provided operational training for new officers while ...

Australia and the Philippines have strengthened an agreement on mutual recognition of seafarer certificates, easing ...