Battlerace for Industrial Power
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 16 Srini Sitaraman We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism and sacrifice as we would [...]
Safeguarding India’s Submarine Cables
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 14 Divya Rai Connectivity is the new geography — Parag Khanna, Connectography, 2016 Introduction In the Indo-Pacific’s evolving strategic landscape, the contest for digital dominance is playing out beneath [...]
Dissuading Sea Slavery
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 15 Anny Barlow I see labor as a very big ship to steer, and you probably need a lot of tugboats pushing at different spots to get it to [...]
Contesting the South China Sea
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 13 Denny Roy The South China Sea is far more dangerous than the Taiwan Strait. — Retired PLA Senior Colonel Zhou Bo, 2023 Introduction Xi Jinping’s People’s Republic of China (PRC) is aggressively [...]
Korea’s Strategic Clarity
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 12 Lami Kim If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. – Seneca, 65 CE Introduction The Indo-Pacific is entering a moment [...]
Pacific Small States, Big Stakes
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 11 Kevin D. Stringer and Madison Urban The United States engages Pacific Island countries to support their ability to protect their sovereignty and sovereign rights against external threats and aggression. [...]
ASEAN Leadership in Flux
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 10 Scott D. McDonald Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today. – Ayn Rand, The Romantic Manifesto, 1969 Introduction The end of the Cold War’s bipolar [...]
South Asia’s Strategic Edge
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 9 Shyam Tekwani and Saumya Sampath We may be small, but that does not give you the license to bully us. — Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, President of the Maldives, [...]
India’s Strategic Ascent
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 8 Shyam Tekwani and Saumya Sampath India’s strategic location gives it the potential to play a pivotal role, but potential is not action. — Lee Kuan Yew, first Prime [...]
Myanmar on the Edge
Edge of Competition Main Page Chapter 7 Miemie Winn Byrd The edge of chaos is a dangerous place to dwell. — Niall Ferguson, adapted from Civilization: The West and the Rest (2010) Introduction Amid Indo-Pacific [...]
