India’s soft power resources can be nurtured and better used to advance its foreign policy interests, if the government unobtrusively provides infrastructural support for soft projects and refrains from interfering in the cultural and social lives of its citizens.

The micro-island states of the Indian Ocean Region face an uncertain future due to climate change. This paper examines four possible solutions to their existential problems.

The capacity of the United States to credibly guarantee a stable international system in Asia may, in the future, become increasingly moot. In this context, China’s aggressive posturing in territorial disputes has caused widespread concern in the Asia-Pacific region.