
INDIA @75: REFLECTIONS ON THE HOMELAND DIMENSIONS OF MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIA
Author: As India celebrates and commemorates 75 years of independence, it is also a moment to trace the events which shaped the development of the homeland dimensions of maritime security and to reflect on its evolution. Evolving maritime threats, crises, and other developments have been catalysts for change, and ‘26/11’ in particular was a watershed. The […]
TOWARDS SHAPING A FAVOURABLE AND POSITIVE MARITIME ENVIRONMENT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
Author: Doctrinal and Strategic Nuances The methodology of shaping a favourable and positive maritime environment can assume many forms, which can be pursued by three main distinct approaches. The first is via a stand-alone nationalistic approach, the second through alliances, and the third by a grouping of strategic partners working together in a series of cooperative […]
STRENGTHENING MARITIME SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN INDIA: A CASE FOR ‘STATE MARITIME SECURITY COORDINATORS’
Author: In February 2022, the Central Government appointed India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC). The need for an apex-body for coordination was recommended way back in 2001 in the Report of the Group of Ministers on National Security and is a long pending reform which has the potential to transform maritime security governance in India. […]
ATMANIRBHAR BHARAT — CHOOSING SWAVLAMBAN (SELF-RELIANCE) OVER SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Author: Note: Some segments of this article have been published by the author in the South Asia Defence and Strategic Review (Vol 16 Issue 2 May – Jun 2022) and are repeated here with due permission. As the Indian Navy gears up for the 2022 edition of its indigenisation and innovation perspective plan, generically known as […]
THE INDO-PACIFIC LEGACY OF ABE SHINZO
Author: Over the week that has elapsed since the tragic loss of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in his home country on the 8th of July 2022, the world has witnessed a deluge of eulogies for this charismatic world leader who charmed and inspired the world over the past two decades. For […]
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