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COMMUNITY-ENGAGED MARITIME SECURITY: BEYOND 'EYES AND EARS'

In March 2018, as per media reports, Neil Basu, the Scotland Yard’s newly appointed Indian-origin Assistant Commissioner of Police responsible for counter-terrorism, launched a new campaign to urge the public to fight terrorism. According…

MARITIME COOPERATION AS A THRUST AREA BETWEEN INDIA AND INDONESIA

The upcoming visit of Indian Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, to Indonesia (later this month),is reflective of the strong desire of both the countries to work more closely together, in the face of the ‘rapidly evolving strategic realities’…

MoU signing between NMF and AMITY University on 24 May 2018

CHINA'S APPROACH TO FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION: NO SAIL ZONES

Introduction Torturous negotiations, involving much bargaining and several compromises, characterised the multiple sessions of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Although the Conference eventually succeeded in formulating…

REMOULDING MARITIME CULTURE IN THE INDIAN MIND

LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS: FROM FRAGILITY TO STABILITY

With a total land area of just 32 km2, the Lakshadweep Islands, which lie off the west coast of India, are the smallest of the Union Territories (UT) under the Government of the India (GoI). And yet, they contribute something like 20,000 sq.km…

INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEWS: SHOWCASING INDIA’S NAVAL ORIENTATION

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INDIAN NAVY’S ‘CAMPING’ EXPEDITIONS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION

The year that has gone by is significant in many aspects for the Indian Navy’s operational deployment which has been demonstrated far and wide in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The time-tested formula of the navies of the world,…

Navies of India, the United States, Japan, and Australia participating in the second phase of the 24th edition of the Malabar naval exercise, in the Arabian Sea

Image courtesy- Indian Navy Website https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/malabar-exercise-20

REVISITNG ‘SAGAR’ – INDIA'S TEMPLATE FOR COOPERATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION

The month of March 2018 marks three years since the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi first enunciated India’s vision for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) commonly known by its acronym - SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region). In…

INDIA-ASEAN MARITIME COOPERATION PROSPECTS

www.maritimeindia.org Published in Diplomacy & beyond Plus Magazine: Special Report on ASEAN-India: 25 years of Dialogue Partnership, January 2018 at www.diplomacybeyond.com As India looks towards…

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25 YEARS OF INDIA - ASEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION

In 2017, ASEAN and India celebrated their silver jubilee. ASEAN and India have evolved enormously since early 1992 when India joined the regional organization and launched its “Look East Policy”. The policy was later named as “Act East…

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INDIA AND MYANMAR: PROSPECTS OF MARITIME RECIPROCITY

www.maritimeindia.org Myanmar occupies a critical position as far as India’s…

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“COMFORT” WOMEN AND “UNCOMFORTABLE” EAST ASIAN GEOPOLITICS

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, publicly criticized the 2015 Comfort Women Agreement reached between South Korea and Japan, and appointed a task force to review the Agreement— which in turn concluded that the Agreement was flawed.[1]This…