Image Credits: Allianz Global Corporate & SpecialtySIX STEPS TO COMBATTING IUU FISHING
The 2014 Global Ocean Commission report From Decline to Recovery: A Rescue Package for the Global Ocean has likened the high seas to a ‘failed State’ where ‘lawlessness verging on anarchy’…
Image Credits: gCaptainPARIS CLIMATE DEAL: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING
A historical climate deal was reached in Paris on 12 Dec 2015. The legally binding agreement which has been touted as differentiated, balanced, durable and ambitious aims to limit the increase…
Image Credits: The Brookings InstitutionFIRST CHINA-INDIA MARITIME DIALOGUE: BEYOND ‘ICEBREAKING’
On 4th February 2016, India and China held their first-ever „Maritime Affairs Dialogue‟ at New Delhi. While the Indian side was led by the Joint Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) in the Ministry of External Affairs…
Image Credits: US Naval InstituteSOUTH SEA FLEET: THE EMERGING ‘LYNCHPIN’ OF CHINA’S NAVAL POWER PROJECTION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
In December 2015, China commissioned Hefei (174) – the third Type 052D guided- missile destroyer into its navy. 1 The warship represents the most advanced surface combatant ever operated by the PLA Navy, and comparable to the best in the world.…
Image Credits: Navy RecognitionBEYOND ALTRUISM: THE ‘UNSTATED’ SIGNALS DURING FLEET REVIEWS
The Indian Navy will be holding its second International Fleet Review (IFR) in February 2016 and this important event showcasing India’s global maritime outreach is being held at Visakhapatnam, the headquarters of Eastern Naval Command. As…
Image Credits: The WireINDIA AND CHINA: REDEFINING SECURITY AND EMERGING SYNERGY
An impending strategic contest between China and India in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) where both the Asian behemoths jostle for power and influence, in ways reminiscent of the US-Soviet rivalry of the cold war days, is well discussed in existing…
