China is seeking to expand its sphere of influence in the South China Sea by implementing a regional exclusionary policy against Southeast Asian countries. This comes as the ASEAN countries recently hosted their first joint naval exercise in Indonesia, highlighting the growing concerns about China's assertive behavior. India and the United States are also finding ways to coordinate and cooperate in South Asia to counter China's influence. Additionally, Hainan Special Economic Zone's development is complicating the geopolitical situation in the South China Sea. The naval drills, involving India and Singapore, have become more complex and robust, driven by shared concerns about China. These military and strategic partnerships between India and ASEAN countries have gained significance in recent years, with the China factor driving closer security and military engagements. The ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME) saw naval ships from India, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, and Vietnam participating in the drills in the South China Sea.
6 Chinese Navy warships were moved into the Middle East.
With increasingly assertive behavior by #China in the #IndianOcean Region, #India and the #UnitedStates are finding ways to coordinate, consult, and cooperate in #SouthAsia, writes @gs_aditya https://t.co/9BUdQVASny
Due to its #geographical location, the #ASEAN member countries are poised to become #Hainan’s most natural #foreign partners, #investors, participants, and #tourists, write @PratnashreeBasu and Aishiki Chowdhury https://t.co/u4eozvIxPN
South Korea, the US and Japan were set to conduct a joint air military exercise near the Korean peninsula on Sunday, weeks after the three carried out their first joint naval drills in seven years https://t.co/dvTxRpkHUC
#Chinese Navy ships in the Middle East On October 18, the 44th detachment of warships of the #PLA Navy arrived to the port of Shuwaikh, #Kuwait for a 5 day goodwill visit. The naval task group includes the Type 052D destroyer Zibo, Type 054A frigate Jingzhou & Type 903… https://t.co/EsXVWX9HDd https://t.co/WuujhV9WHz
⚡️🇨🇳🇰🇼 Chinese destroyer Zibo project 052D & frigate Jingzhou project 054A arrived in Kuwait as part of six warships China is sending to the Middle East❗️ https://t.co/GKEbeZsoVE
China seeks to deepen its sphere of influence in the greater #SouthChinaSea by operationalising a de facto regional exclusionary policy against #SoutheastAsian countries, highlights @DonMcLainGill95 https://t.co/oaHBjdU4zT
The #ASEAN countries hosted their first joint naval exercise in #Indonesia, the “ASEAN Solidarity Exercise (ASEX)”, in September 2023, from the island of Batam, south of #Singapore, to an area near the Natuna Islands, writes @PremeshaSaha https://t.co/j07q1NWlGA
As the new administration in #Maldives prepares to swear in to power in November, #political parties are embracing new #alliances, roles, and responsibilities, writes @gs_aditya https://t.co/kGRbUPie0G
With the change in leadership in #Maldives, there will be some key realignments and the #China-#India competitive dynamics in #SouthAsia will yet again be on full display, writes @raji143 https://t.co/7xj5DBPPYv
#Naval ships from #India, the #Philippines, #Indonesia, #Singapore, #Malaysia, #Thailand, #Brunei, and #Vietnam participated in the #ASEAN-India #Maritime Exercise (AIME) naval drills in the #SouthChinaSea, writes @raji143 https://t.co/fCy3s3fy8R
#Military and #strategic partnerships with the #ASEAN countries have assumed particular significance in the last few years, with the #China factor driving closer #security and military engagements between #India and #ASEAN countries, notes @raji143 https://t.co/xpPavTDWnB
The #naval drill, now in its 30th edition, has grown more complex and robust as #India and #Singapore’s shared concerns about #China deepen, highlights @raji143 https://t.co/fCy3s3fy8R
With increasingly assertive behavior by #China in the #IndianOcean Region, #India and the #UnitedStates are finding ways to coordinate, consult, and cooperate in #SouthAsia, writes @gs_aditya https://t.co/9BUdQVAky0
China seeks to deepen its sphere of influence in the greater #SouthChinaSea by operationalising a de facto regional exclusionary policy against #SoutheastAsian countries, highlights @DonMcLainGill95 https://t.co/oaHBjdU4zT
Carrier USS Ronald Reagan, Japanese Warships Drill in East China Sea https://t.co/KjqVPprhWK
The #ASEAN countries hosted their first joint naval exercise in #Indonesia, the “ASEAN Solidarity Exercise (ASEX)”, in September 2023, from the island of Batam, south of #Singapore, to an area near the Natuna Islands, writes @PremeshaSaha https://t.co/j07q1NWlGA
The #development of Hainan Special Economic Zone stands to complicate the #geopolitical situation of the #SouthChinaSea, state @PratnashreeBasu and Aishiki Chowdhury https://t.co/u4eozvIxPN
How #Maldives controls its spiralling #economic issues under the new #leadership remains to be seen, points out N. Sathiya Moorthy https://t.co/nUiO270yu1