The seafarer peoples of the past who mastered the oceans were crucial in laying the foundations upon which civilizations were ...

David Hutt is a research fellow at the Central European Institute of Asian Studies (CEIAS) and Southeast Asia columnist at ... the destruction of the American Empire.

“From a 12th century synagogue in Kochi to grand historic mansions that are testament to the wealth and power of the Portuguese empire in Goa ... interested in South Asia in particular ...

Reliefs of such creatures dot the nearby temples of Angkor Wat, where graceful poses have been frozen in stone for eight centuries by sculptors of the Khmer Empire. This real-life apsara is ...

Ancient maritime trade routes connected India with the Roman Empire, Persia, Southeast Asia, and East Africa ... became central to global commerce. The Portuguese, Dutch, and British competed ...

The Srivijaya empire ... in the defeat of the Portuguese. After this victory, he renamed the port city Jayakarta, meaning “Victory City”. This marked a significant moment in the resistance against ...

While Sri Lanka’s leaders were pragmatic & forward thinking enough to foresee the scenario in the Indian Ocean way back in 1971 to promote the Zone of Peace, Sri Lanka’s present leaders lack foresight ...

Eight decades ago, between the fall of Singapore and the 1951 ANZUS Treaty, Australians could no longer put trust in the British Empire. Also ... politics have invested most heavily: Southeast Asia.