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CHINA’S “BLUE PARTNERSHIP” THROUGH THE MARITIME SILK ROAD

Introduction On 20 June 2017, China for the first time put forward a blueprint of its grand “21st Century Maritime Silk Road” (MSR) under the “Vision for Maritime Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative”. The blueprint emphasised…
INDIA AND INDONESIA: TRANSLATING STRATEGIC CONVERGENCE INTO MARITIME COOPERATIONImage Credits: The Jakarta Post

LESSONS FROM RECENT SPATE OF COLLISIONS AT SEA: BACK TO BASICS?

A lot has been said and written about the series of collisions at sea particularly concerning the USN ships. According to one writer, there were four major incidents in as many years demanding serious introspection and more importantly,  an…
The japan times

THE NORTH KOREAN CRISIS: A GEOPOLITICAL ANALYSIS

Introduction North Korea has been under the dictatorial regime of the Kim dynasty since the end of the Second World War. Currently under Kim Jong-un, it is considered a pariah state which pays no heed to democratic values, prioritises military…
Voice of america

A NEW BEGINNING FOR ‘CODE OF CONDUCT’ IN SOUTH CHINA SEA: IS ONE REQUIRED FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN?

On 06 August 2017, the foreign ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China met in Manila, The Philippines, and adopted the "Framework of the code of conduct (CoC) in the South China Sea (SCS)”. The framework…
INDIA AND INDONESIA: TRANSLATING STRATEGIC CONVERGENCE INTO MARITIME COOPERATIONImage Credits: The Jakarta Post

‘BEYOND HARDWARE AND TECHNOLOGY’: THE INTANGIBLES OF CHINA’S NAVAL POWER (PART 2)

  This is part two of a three-part series on China's naval power (PART 2: OPERATIONAL LEVEL) As introduced in Part 1, so far, most analyses of China’s naval power worldwide have examined the PLA Navy’s existing and projected…
The dollar business

INDIA AND MAURITIUS: COOPERATING TO ENSURE COLLECTIVE MARITIME SECURITY

  On 16 August 2017, the Indian built Water Jet Fast Patrol Vessel ‘CGS Valiant’ was commissioned by the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth at Port Louis Mauritius. This was the third ship supplied by an Indian Defence…

INDIA AND MAURITIUS: COOPERATING TO ENSURE COLLECTIVE MARITIME SECURITY

On 16 August 2017, the Indian built Water Jet Fast Patrol Vessel ‘CGS Valiant’ was commissioned by the Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth at Port Louis Mauritius. This was the third ship supplied by an Indian Defence shipyard to…
The sun UK

ONE TRILLION TONS: THE ICEBERG, ANTARCTICA AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The second week of July 2017 saw an event that can only be described as a ‘mammoth moment’ taking place, as a trillion ton iceberg broke off from western Antarctica. The size of the iceberg has been pegged at more than three times the size…
INDIA AND INDONESIA: TRANSLATING STRATEGIC CONVERGENCE INTO MARITIME COOPERATIONImage Credits: The Jakarta Post

RE-CONVERGING INDIA-INDONESIA ‘STRATEGIC TRIDENTS’: ECONOMICS, SECURITY AND GEOPOLITICS

  “In a dim, distant, unrecorded age We had met, thou and I, – When my speech became entangled in thine And my life in thy life”   This prose by Rabindranath Tagore in his celebrated poem ‘To Java’ written in…

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