VIP Vanguard: Indo-Pacific

A detailed discussion on indochina wars and south-east asia perpectives facilitated by the Consortium's Military Hisory team.

A discussion with Dr Hayat Alvi, Naval War College facilitated by Consortium Intern Vinuri Udeshi Perera. The Erosion of Women's Rights and Freedom in the First Two Years of Taliban Rule is a pressing issue that needs immediate attention. The actions of the Taliban have been a flagrant violation of human rights, especially of women, and they must be held accountable for their actions. The inte...

A conversation with Dr. Satoru Nagao facilitated by Joohyun Ellie Lee

A discussion with Prof. R. Evan Ellis, US Army War College China's growing economic and security influence in Latin America and Caribbean countries has shifted the regional dynamics and political alignments. China has invested heavily in Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Ecuador. As per World Economic Forum's figures, "trade between China and Latin America grew 26-fold be...

The Korean War was something of a watershed conflict in the Cold War and in Asia. As the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice in July 1953 approaches, peace and reunion of Korea remains elusive. The military history team reflects on the lessons of the fighting, some legacies, and implications for today. 

What Is the Importance of Military History? Part II Several members of the military history team considered this question in a recent episode, but there is more to cover in this vast topic. As a continuation of the last episode, the full military history team looks deeper into the importance of military history. The discussion examines history's relevance to warfighters, case studies that may...

How do you assess military history in the era of technological advancement, when it changed modern warfare hugely? Why does it matters from a global and Indo-pacific Security perspective? A brief discussion with the Military History team

Dr. James E. Platte discusses with Consortium's intern Jac Sutton on cyber deterrence against North Korea from a US-ROK perspective and the goals of North Korean cyber weapon development.

Consortium's intern Rachel Cicilia sits with Dr. Nanda Kishore and explores India and Myanmar's political Turmoil. The ongoing political crisis in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup has seen little progress, especially with the world’s focus on recent events such as COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukrainian war. The military has continued to use violence against protestors and the Rohingya mino...

The People's Republic of China interprets the 105 years before its founding as the Century of Humiliation. Why? This episode will explore the period 1844-1949 in Chinese history, in an effort to understand and illuminate why it is regarded this way and what influences it may have on Chinese thinking today. A podcast by Chris Kolakowski & Jose Antonio Custodio

 Facilitated by Consortium Intern Tobias Dahlqvist

Consortium member Rachelle Abboud task with Professor Ahmet Uysal on Turkiye’s and Suadi Arabia’s role in the Emerging World order and what it means for the Indo-Pacific

Assesing the U.S. Korea-Japan trilateral security co-operation in addressing the challenges in the Indo-Pacific

A podcast on importance of geography in the Indo-Pacific by the Military History Team. 

The conversation evolves around cyber threats in India and how the government is tackling these threats. The effectiveness of cyber laws and securing cyberspace and how the collaboration with other countries works.

The Philippine Campaigns of 1941-42 and 1944-45 were some of the largest of the Pacific War. They also offer important perspectives and lessons applicable to today's warfighters. The CIPR's Military History Team explores some of these in this conversation.

The Indo-Pacific is often thought of as a primarily naval theater. But the experience of the Pacific War offers strong evidence that air power has a critical role in the region. What can those lessons teach us today? 1st LT Grant T. Willis, 1LT Brendan Donnelly, Jose Antonio Custodio & Sr. Fellow Chris Kolakowski

A conversation with Mohamed Zeeshan facilitated by CIPR Intern Amrisha Chaurasia

Why is the Pacific such an important theatre for the joint force to examine historically and why does a comprehension of context through historical analysis matter?  LINEUP:   Chris Kolakowski , 2LT Grant T. Willis & 1LT Brendan Donnelly Donnelly

Episode 7: An interview with Dr Sana Hashmi on Taiwan's security approach and its implications to Indo-Pacific

Dr. Mohammad Aminul Karim on the geopolitical importance of Bay of Bengal in Indo-Pacific security with consortium member Mr. Rubaiyat Rahman.

Rushali Saha of the Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers interviews Colonel Naresh Rastogi, Indian Army, retired. Topics include many security-related issues facing the Indo-Pacific and India's place therein.  Commissioned in the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army in June 1957, he saw front-line action in the 1965 war, where the Pak Patton-Division was immobilized and destroyed. After four...

Consortium member Dr. Leo Lin interviews Dr. Simon Reich regarding European grand strategy in the Indo-Pacific and beyond. Dr. Simon Reich has been a professor in the Division of Global Affairs and Department of Political Science at Rutgers’ Newark campus since 2008. He also holds an appointment as a Chercheur Associé at the Center for International Studies (CERI) at Sciences P...

Consortium member Neil Law interviews Fabio Gomes dos Santos, a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School, on the topic of Sino-Brazilian relations. 

Consortium researcher Vineet Malik interviews Dr. Alka Acharya, professor of Chinese studies in the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dr. Acharya has been teaching courses on Chinese foreign policy and political economy at the graduate level since 1993. She is also an honorary fellow of the Institute of Chinese Studies (New Delhi) and the...