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MAKING WAVES- E-NEWS BRIEF 24 AUGUST - 30 AUGUST 2020

The Indian Navy's deployment of a single warship to the South China Sea during the ongoing stand-off with China on Line of Actual Control (LAC) could be assumed as a signal of intent pointing to more frequent deployments with more ships.

MAKING WAVES- E-NEWS BRIEF 17 AUGUST - 23 AUGUST 2020

In the past week, three B-2 Stealth Bombers were deployed to Diego Garcia to support the Pacific Air Forces Bomber Task Force Missions. The last such deployment in the INDOPACOM was in January 2019 and the bombers were based in Hawaii. The present…

SEA WALL IN THE MALDIVES AND ITS SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract Small Island Developing States are particularly vulnerable to the peril of climate change. Sea level rise, an increase in sea surface temperature, high incidences of drought and flood are some of the challenges faced by island states. …

EU AND “MARITIME MULTILATERALISM” IN THE INDO-PACIFIC: NAVIGATING IN ASIA’S WATERS

Using a maritime metaphor evoking the EU “in rougher seas”, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, defends the vision of a European Union affirming its identity and values in a climate…

ASSESSING THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY’S CONTRIBUTION TO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

The impacts of climate change are now affecting the way of life for billions of people in almost every part of the planet. Future projections, derived from the latest climate models, suggest that the global average temperature could rise by…

MAKING WAVES- E-NEWS BRIEF 10 AUG-16 AUG 2020

Washington's failure to find international support for its arms embargo on Iran followed its seizure of four product tankers headed to Venezuela, which violated the US' embargo on the transport of Iranian oil and product exports. Iran's raid…

THE SABANG AND ACEH-ANDAMANS INITIATIVES: BEYOND BASE, ACCESS AND BALANCING

The Indonesian city of Sabang that overlooks the Andaman Sea and global maritime traffic passing through Strait of Malacca became a matter of much Indian interest in May 2018[1] when Indonesia’s then Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs,…

MAKING WAVES: AN E-NEWS BRIEF 3 AUG - 9 AUG 2020

A massive oil spill off the coast of Mauritius has threatened not only its fragile marine ecology but also its COVID-19-hit tourism sector. While Japan dispatched a team to assist the island nation's clean-up effort, India sent 30 tonnes of…

MAKING WAVES: AN E-NEWS BRIEF 27 JULY- 2 AUG 2020

China's opposition to any economic activities within its claim lines in the South China Sea cost Vietnam US$ 1 billion in compensation for cancelled oil and gas exploration contracts. An economic loss of such magnitude could strengthen the…

MAKING WAVES: AN E-NEWS BRIEF 20-26 JULY 2020

China's ongoing posture on the LAC with India and aggressive actions in the waters and airspace of the South and East China Seas has evinced a myriad of maritime responses in the IOR, SCS and ECS from India, USA, Japan and Taiwan. Further,…

CLIMATE RISKS TO INDIA’S HOLISTIC MARITIME SECURITY PART 2: INTENSIFYING EXTREME WEATHER

The phenomenon of climate change has several significant and serious socio-economic implications for all nations around the world, largely because most of our activities have historically evolved around a relatively stable climate over nearly…

ON OCEANS AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The ocean is and always has been essential to life on planet Earth. In fact, the ocean is where the very first life forms emerged on the planet. Even today, the world’s oceans support nearly all life on Earth either directly or indirectly. …