{"id":351056,"date":"2025-12-01T16:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=351056"},"modified":"2025-12-01T16:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:19:16","slug":"asia-power-index-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asia-power-index-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia Power Index 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: India has secured the third rank in the Asia Power Index 2025, while the United States and China hold the 1st and 2nd \u00a0positions respectively.<\/p>\n<h2>About Asia Power Index 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_351057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-351057\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-351057\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-NewsOnAir.jpg?resize=278%2C339&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Asia Power Index 2025\" width=\"278\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-NewsOnAir.jpg?resize=246%2C300&amp;ssl=1 246w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Source-NewsOnAir.jpg?w=571&amp;ssl=1 571w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-351057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; NewsOnAir<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Asia Power Index is an <strong>annual assessment<\/strong> that <strong>measures the ability of countries to shape and respond to their external environment<\/strong> and <strong>evaluates the power dynamics<\/strong> of countries across Asia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Started in:<\/strong> <strong>2018 (first edition)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>2025 edition:<\/strong> It is its<strong> seventh edition.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Published by:<\/strong> It is <strong>compiled and published<\/strong> by the <strong>Lowy Institute<\/strong>, an Australia-based think tank.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features:<\/strong> The index evaluates the <strong>power of 27 countries and territories across Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Index components<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The index is based on <strong>131 indicators grouped under eight thematic measures <\/strong>that together capture different aspects of national power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eight thematic measures<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 50px;width: 92.2242%;border-style: solid\" width=\"92.2242%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.0277%;height: 10px\" width=\"481\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Resources <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69.5375%;height: 10px\" width=\"481\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Influences<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.0277%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Economic Capability<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69.5375%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Diplomatic Influence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.0277%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Military Capability<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69.5375%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Economic Relationships<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.0277%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Resilience<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69.5375%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Defence Networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px\">\n<td style=\"width: 48.0277%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Future Resources<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 69.5375%;height: 10px;text-align: center\" width=\"481\">Cultural Influence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s performance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>India <strong>scored 40.0 out of 100, secured the third rank<\/strong>, and <strong>crossed the threshold for \u201cmajor power\u201d status<\/strong> for the <strong>first time<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>India <strong>ranks third for economic capability and future resources<\/strong> in the 2025 edition of the index.<\/li>\n<li><strong>India<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s economic and military capability have both increased<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>India\u2019s <strong>weakest area is defence networks, <\/strong>where it ranks<strong> 11th<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India has secured the third rank in the Asia Power Index 2025, while the United States and China hold the 1st and 2nd \u00a0positions respectively. About Asia Power Index 2025 The Asia Power Index is an annual assessment that measures the ability of countries to shape and respond to their external environment and evaluates&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/asia-power-index-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asia Power Index 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1305,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-351056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-index-reports-bodies","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}