Image Credits: Sino Defence ForumCHINA’S UNDERSEA GLIDER HAIYI - 7000: AN ASSESSMENT
China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea and the verdict of the Hague based Permanent Court of Arbitration tribunal have made international headlines. In the wake of these developments, China has recently testes its new undersea…
Image Credits: The Times of IndiaCHINA-RUSSIA NAVAL EXERCISES IN SOUTH CHINA SEA
China and Russia conduct regular combined exercises under the military cooperation mechanism signed in 2005. A bilateral naval exercise in the South China Sea (SCS) was held in mid-September 2016. Since 2012, the two neighbours have held annual…
Image Credits: IIPLASRI LANKA’S PROPOSAL FOR AN ‘INDIAN OCEAN ORDER’: AN ASSESSMENT
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, while delivering the inaugural address at the Indian Ocean Conference on 1st September 20161, called on the Indian Ocean countries to take the lead in determining ‘their own future’. He…
Image Credits: The Economic TimesBLUE ECONOMY: EXPANDING INDIA-US MARITIME COOPERATION
The contemporary Maritime discourse on India US relations is highly skewed towards strategic issues led by the recent signing of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), and two other similar agreements are under active consideration…
Image Credits: DNA IndiaINDO-US LOGISTICS AGREEMENT LEMOA: AN ASSESSMENT
On 29 August 2016, during the visit of the Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to Washington DC, India and the United States (US) signed the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA). Essentially, LEMOA is only a ‘functional’…
Image Credits: Asian VoiceMODI’S VISIT TO EAST AFRICA: TRANSFORMING HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS INTO MODERN PARTNERSHIPS
The Indian Prime Minister Modi visited Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya - all situated on the east coast of Africa- in July this year. These maritime neighbours are connected by the Indian Ocean which has facilitated movement of…
