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Japanese fighter aircraft took off from Indian soil for the first time this week: Why it matters

September 25, 2026 11:32 am

The Veer Guardian air exercise focused on interoperability and speaks to the growing scope of India-Japan defence ties amid an assertive China in the Indo-Pacific.

In Indo-Pacific, the slow and steady growth of Indian power

July 31, 2026 7:26 pm

In the last couple of years, a new assertion is visible. First came the initiative to develop a $10 billion major maritime facility called the Great Nicobar Island Development Project

Security alone won’t secure India's Indo-Pacific future

July 13, 2026 12:22 pm

India has the opportunity to emerge as a “G2 plus 1” if New Delhi is bold enough to integrate more deeply with Asia's existing economic architecture

Ram Temple donation row, Prambanan Temple's history, EPFO's new portal explained: Today's Premium reads

July 10, 2026 5:22 pm

Here are today's Premium stories from The Indian Express.

In growing India-Japan ties, an opportunity for Bihar

July 07, 2026 6:05 pm

For millions of Japanese people, Bihar is the land where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya occupies a sacred place in the hearts of Japanese Buddhists

Beyond US and China, India and others are building a ‘G Minus Two’ for Indo-Pacific

July 08, 2026 7:34 am

Every major Asian nation, including India and the three countries Modi is visiting this week, knows that Chinese power in Asia and the Indo-Pacific is a reality that must be managed

PM Modi’s new arc of trust will hold Indo-Pacific together

July 07, 2026 7:29 am

It will be necessary, as well, for Prime Minister Modi and President Prabowo Subianto to move the relationship forward if the Indo-Pacific is to create a genuinely indigenous and independent security framework

With assertive China, retreating US, can India and Indonesia co-architect a new Indo-Pacific security order?

July 06, 2026 2:49 pm

The geopolitical competition reshaping the Indo-Pacific will not be resolved by the choices of great powers alone. It will also be shaped by whether capable middle powers choose partnership over passivity

Expert Explains | Inside Japan's defence pivot: Why it matters for India and the Indo-Pacific

July 03, 2026 2:40 pm

Amid Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi’s visit to India, former Ambassador to Japan Sujan Chinoy, Director-General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), explains key issues surrounding Japan’s defence.

C Raja Mohan writes: The Indo-Pacific is here to stay — with or without Washington

July 01, 2026 7:18 am

Delhi need not become captive to American enthusiasm or indifference. The Indo-Pacific ultimately rests not on terminology but on Asian geography and Asian power politics

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