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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,…

SIGNIFICANCE OF CIVILIZATIONAL NAUTICAL NARRATIVES IN INDIA’S MARITIME DIPLOMACY

Examples of India’s cultural and civilizational nautical linkages with the rest of the world built over centuries, have presently come to occupy a prominent place in India’s maritime diplomacy. This issue brief tries to understand the reasons…

ANALYSIS OF THE UNION BUDGET 2017: THE MARITIME CONTEXT

Lately, the apex political leadership in India has clearly enunciated the nation’s vision to develop its comprehensive maritime power. The vision seeks to revive India erstwhile maritime heritage and make concerted maritime endeavours in…

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ILLEGAL UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED(IUU) FISHING IN PALK BAY: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES.

The Context Palk Bay is the South-western portion of the strait which is a small stretch of ocean in the Bay of Bengal located between Northern Sri Lanka and south eastern India. The strait is bounded on the south by Pamban Island, Adam’s…

RETRIEVING KACHCHATHEEVU FOR INDIA: A NON-STARTER?

THE ‘INDO-PACIFIC’ CONCEPT: RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT

Since 2010, the concept of ‘Indo-Pacific’ has gained increasing prevalence in the geopolitical/ strategic discourse, and is now being used increasingly by policy-makers, analysts and academics in Asia and beyond.[1] It is now precisely a…