April 2017 - National Maritime Foundation

CHINA’S 12TH NATIONAL PEOPLE’S CONGRESS (NPC) 2017: MATTERS ‘MARITIME’ AND ‘ONE BELT ONE ROAD’

The fifth session of 12th NPC and China People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) was held from 3rd to 15th March in Beijing. It commenced with the opening session that saw Premier Li Keqiang place his Work Report.Popularly…

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT IN THE MARITIME CONTEXT

AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER’S VISIT TO INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT IN THE MARITIME CONTEXT

India is trying to bolster its partnerships throughout the vast swathes of the maritime Indo-Pacific region. Owing to the recent emphasis on the maritime domain, India is reinvigorating existing partnerships, while forging new ones.…

PIVOT, REBALANCE, ET CETERA: WHAT NEXT? THE FUTURE OF US ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA

Apropos the US ‘Pivot to Asia’, “The future of politics will be decided in Asia, not Afghanistan or Iraq, and the United States will be right at the center of the action,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had announced in February…

BLUE ECONOMY: A CATALYST FOR INDIA'S ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST POLICY’

There is an emerging narrative which pushes a green agenda for India’s maritime outlook. Blue economy, an idea as conceived by Gunter Pauli, has already received recognition among the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littoral states. Blue Economy…

BLUE ECONOMY: A CATALYST FOR INDIA’S ‘NEIGHBOURHOOD FIRST POLICY’

There is an emerging narrative which pushes a green agenda for India’s maritime outlook. Blue economy, an idea as conceived by Gunter Pauli, has already received recognition among the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) littoral states. Blue…

CHINA - SRI LANKA STRATEGIC HAMBANTOTA PORT DEAL

Introduction Sri Lanka is conscious of its geostrategic position, and the advantage its ports hold in the Indian Ocean Region. One such port is the Hambantota Port, situated along one of the world's busiest east-west shipping routes,…