Indo-Pacific Strategy

The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the central theatre of 21st-century international relations. Prof. Singh analyses the region's security architecture, multilateral frameworks such as the Quad, and India's evolving role.

Publications (58)

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From Everest to Indo-Pacific: India-New Zealand find their strategic mojo
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 13 Jul 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Patron Problem: Kim Jong Un played Russia, rattled China and won
Swaran Singh
Asia Times · 10 Jun 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
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Shangri-La 2026: US heft, Chinese reluctance, Indian reckoning
Swaran Singh
Asia Times · 30 May 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China RelationsBRICS & Global South
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All roads lead to Beijing: China’s new centrality in summit diplomacy
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 24 May 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsBRICS & Global South
In-MediaRead →
Trump in Beijing: Can China-US diplomacy stabilise Asia’s energy and security shocks?
on Trump-Xi summit, quoted in TRT World report saying Swaran Singh of Jawaharlal Nehru University told TRT World that India’s overriding interest – and by extension much of the wider region’s – is “rapid de-escalation rather than alignment with any bloc.” The emphasis, he noted, is on stability rather than strategic positioning. Swaran Singh’s framing of China-US ties as “tactical stabilisation between systemic rivals” captures the prevailing mood across much of Asia.
TRT World portal · 13 May 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyBRICS & Global South
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Trump-Xi summit at best may codify new US-China coexistence rules
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 6 May 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyMultilateralismIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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The Quiet Quad: from Strategic Signaling to Embedded Minilateralism - or a Silent Drift?
Swaran Singh
The Diplomat · 9 Apr 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Journal ArticlesRead →
US-China Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific and India's Strategic Recalibration of its Policy Choices
Swaran Singh
India Quarterly (Sage) · 30 Mar 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
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How PM Mark Carney’s India Visit is Rewiring Middle-Powers’ Reassertion
Swaran Singh
International Affairs Review · 28 Feb 2026
BRICS & Global SouthIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy
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Milan-26: India’s Maritime Diplomacy Comes of Age
Swaran Singh
The Diplomat · 16 Feb 2026
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy
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Form palm oil wars to comprehensive connect: Why Modi’s Malaysia visit matters
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 4 Feb 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
In-MediaRead →
War or peace: US, China are stuck in Thucydides trap — can they find a way out?
The Times of India report by Mahender Yadav on aforementioned report with my detailed inputs for this story that extensively quotes me.
The Times of India · 29 Jan 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyBRICS & Global South
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Trade After Trump: How India and EU Are Rewiring Global Commerce
Swaran Singh
The Diplomat · 23 Jan 2026
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyBRICS & Global SouthIndo-Pacific Strategy
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Myanmar election: military seeks legitimacy amid war, exclusion
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 27 Dec 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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The flame-laced dance: A month into the job, Japan's new PM ignites a China-Japan crisis
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 24 Nov 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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APEC and India: The missing link in the Indo-Pacific architecture
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 28 Oct 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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At 80, North Korea’s Workers’ Party still exudes resilience
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 9 Oct 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyNuclear, Arms Control & Disarmament
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Tianjin Summit underlined SCO’s growing geopolitical salience
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 3 Sept 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Why the Russia-India-China strategic triangle is no longer a fantasy
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 28 Aug 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyBRICS & Global South
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India-China Relations: Thaw or Tactical Pause in a Shifting Global Order?
Swaran Singh
International Affairs Review · 22 Aug 2025
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China RelationsIndo-Pacific Strategy
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China-EU summit: 50 years of ties hit by chokehold on strategic materials
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 20 Jul 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyBRICS & Global South
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From Trump to domestic turmoil: South Korea’s new president has his hands full
Swaran Singh
Asia Watch column · 5 Jun 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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India and ASEAN in the Indo Pacific: Pathways and Perils
Swaran Singh et.al. (co-edited)
Palgrave Macmillan · 12 Mar 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China Relations
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China's Inroads into India's Neighbouring Island Nations: Initiatives and Implications
Swaran Singh
Journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 1–15 · 10 Oct 2024
Maritime SecurityIndia-China RelationsIndo-Pacific Strategy
Op-Eds
Quad Summit: Crisis of Credibility
Swaran Singh
Ceylon Today (Sri Lanka) · 18 Sept 2024
Indo-Pacific Strategy
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Regional implications of Taiwan elections
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 11 Jan 2024
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China Relations
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China and the Indo-Pacific: Manoeuvres and Manifestations
Swaran Singh et al. (co-edited)
Palgrave Macmillan, New York · 2024
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Prospects of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Swaran Singh
International Affairs Review · 4 Jul 2023
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyBRICS & Global South
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Biden visit to strengthen Canada’s Pacific-nation credentials
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 23 Mar 2023
Indo-Pacific StrategyMultilateralismIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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What to watch for during Oz PM’s visit to India
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 7 Mar 2023
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyMultilateralismIndo-Pacific Strategy
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China, US must deflate ballooning controversy
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 14 Feb 2023
Indo-Pacific StrategyMultilateralismIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Can Canada, India reset their bilateral relations?
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 7 Feb 2023
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific StrategyMultilateralism
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Will US outreach to China’s next-gen leaders bear fruit?
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Koing) · 23 Jan 2023
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyMultilateralismIndo-Pacific Strategy
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Kishida’s rearming of Japan wins support of allies
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 13 Jan 2023
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific StrategyMultilateralism
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Studies of China and Chineseness since the Cultural Revolution: Reinterpreting Ideologies and Ideological Reinterpretations, Vol. 1
Swaran Singh et al. (co-edited)
World Scientific, Singapore · 2023
India-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy
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China’s Engagement and the Indo-Pacific
Swaran Singh
China and the Indo-Pacific Maneuvers and Manifestations (Palgrave Macmillan), pp. 1-20 · 2023
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific: Conceptual and Operational Challenges
Swaran Singh et al. (co-edited)
Routledge, London · 2022
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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What Tokyo ministerial holds for the future of Quad
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 5 Oct 2020
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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India-Australia summit: balancing act on US, China ties
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 1 Jun 2020
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness: Unlearning Binaries, Strategising Self
Swaran Singh et al. (co-edited)
World Scientific, Singapore · 2020
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Exploring China Consciousness of Pre-independence India
Swaran Singh
Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Studies of China and Chineseness , pp. 25-52 · 2020
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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From Alliance to Networks: Managing India's Security Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region
Swaran Singh
In: Sujan R. Chenoy & Jagannath Panda (eds.), Asia between Multipolarism and Multipolarity, Knowledge World, New Delhi, pp. 404–423 · 2020
Maritime SecurityIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
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Is Kim charm offensive working on Beijing?
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 18 Jun 2019
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Making sense of the Modi-fication of India
Swaran Singh
Asia Times (Hong Kong) · 24 May 2019
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyBRICS & Global South
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Mekong-Ganga Cooperation: Interests, Initiatives, and Influence
Swaran Singh
Roundtable , pp. 43-49 · 26 Jun 2018
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Quads and Triangles: Locating Japan in India's Act East Policy
Swaran Singh et al. (co-authored)
Global Outlook, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 111–123 · 26 Jun 2016
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Strategic Scenario in the Indo-Pacific Region: An Indian Perspective
Swaran Singh
India and China: Constructing a Peaceful Order in the Indo-Pacific (NMF), pp. 10-23 · 2016
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Strategic Scenario in the Indo-Pacific Region: An Indian Perspective
Swaran Singh
India and China: Constructing a Peaceful Order in the Indo-Pacific , pp. 10-23 · 2016
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Books
From Civilization to Nation-State: State of China Studies in India
Swaran Singh (co-author/editor)
Amherst, New York · 16 Jul 2012
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Emerging China: Prospects for Partnership in Asia
Swaran Singh et al. (co-edited)
Routledge, New Delhi · 2012
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Books
亚洲的多边主义 (Asia's Multilateralism)
Swaran Singh & Zhang Guihong (co-edited)
Beijing · 2012
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
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Multilateralising Chindia
Swaran Singh
Asia-Pacific Bulletin No.108, pp. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09700161.2014.941218 · 26 Jun 2011
India-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy
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National Security versus National Development: Debating Asian Practices and Paradigms
Swaran Singh
Millennial Asia (Sage) · 2010
Indo-Pacific StrategyNuclear, Arms Control & DisarmamentIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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Mekong-Ganga Cooperation Initiative: Analysis and Assessment of India’s Engagement with Greater Mekong Sub-region
Swaran Singh
IRASEC Bangkok (Paper No.3), pp. 1-72 · 2007
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndia-China Relations
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China’s Quest for Multilateralism: Perspectives from India
Swaran Singh
ScienceDirect · 2005
India-China RelationsIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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A Cooperative Security Order for Asia-Pacific: Indian Perspectives on New Challenges and Opportunities
Swaran Singh
The Mongolian Journal of International Affairs 11, pp. 12-21 · 2004
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
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The Kargil Conflict: Why and How of China’s Neutrality
Swaran Singh
Strategic Analysis · 1999
India-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy
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Continuity and Change in China’s Maritime Strategy
Swaran Singh
Strategic Analysis · 1999
India-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific Strategy

Talks & Lectures (6)

Conference Paperinternational
Rivalry and Interdependence: India-China Relations in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and International Security
University of International Relations, Beijing9 Jul 2026
MultilateralismIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
Lecturenational
Quadrilateral Dialogue — A Strategic Necessity or a Tenous Friendship?
Army War College
, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India8 Apr 2026
Nuclear, Arms Control & DisarmamentIndo-Pacific StrategyBRICS & Global SouthIndia-China RelationsIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Lecturenational
India and ASEAN: Opportunities for Indian Youth
Maitry Peace Fundation and Myanmar Embassy
Myanmar Embassy, New Delhi13 Mar 2026
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Conference Paperinternational
paper on “China’s East Asia Strategy and the Korean Peninsula: Challenges & Cooperation”
North Asia History Foundation
Seoul, South Korea14 Oct 2025
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Lectureinternational
US-China Contestations in the Indo-Pacific: Implications for East Asia
Northeast Asia History Foundation
Seoul, South Korea18 Oct 2024
Indo-Pacific Strategy
Lectureinternational
NATO in the Indo-Pacific
Indo-Pacific Studies Centre
19 Aug 2024
Indo-Pacific Strategy

Commentary (5)

Asia Watch column
America’s increasing irrelevance as West Asia ‘Looks East’
12 Jun 2026Read →
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Asia Times
Shangri-La 2026: US heft, Chinese reluctance, Indian reckoning
30 May 2026Read →
India's Foreign Policy & DiplomacyIndo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China Relations
Asia Watch
All Roads Lead to Beijing: China’s new centrality in summit diplomacy
25 May 2026Read →
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia-China RelationsBRICS & Global SouthIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
The Diplomat
The Quite Quad: From Strategic Signalling to Embedded Minilateralism — or a Silent Drift?
9 Apr 2026Read →
Indo-Pacific StrategyIndia's Foreign Policy & Diplomacy
Ceylon Today (Sri Lanka)
Quad Summit: Crisis of Credibility
19 Sept 2024
Indo-Pacific Strategy