Great Nicobar Island
Coverage of Great Nicobar Island in the Nexus archive.
- India’s Nicobar Island push threatens China’s Malacca lifeline
India is constructing a military air and sea base on Great Nicobar Island, extending its reach toward the Strait of Malacca, a critical route for China's oil imports. The project is positioned as a strategic move in the Andaman Sea, near China's primary maritime trade corridor.
- Resettlement census to begin to make way for Great Nicobar project
A resettlement census is set to begin for families affected by the trunk infrastructure component of the Great Nicobar Island project. Affected families are required to prepare 24 specific documents for the census team.
- Is the Great Nicobar Island India’s Hormuz-like chokepoint against China?
India is investing billions into a controversial development project on Great Nicobar Island, a remote location far from the mainland, framed as a strategic chokepoint against China similar to Hormuz.
- What India’s ‘unsinkable aircraft carrier’ project near Malacca means for its China ties
India's $10 billion plan to develop Great Nicobar Island as a strategic maritime hub highlights tensions with China over critical trade routes, exacerbated by the Strait of Hormuz closure disrupting oil, gas, and fertilizer supplies to Asia.