August 2021 - National Maritime Foundation

INDIA IS PREPARED: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COMMODORE RS VASAN IN (RETD)

The interview was first published on the website of Centre for Strategic Studies – Trincomalee (https://www.trincocss.org/english/india-prepared-exclusive-interview-commodore-r-s-vasan) and is republished here with due permission. China’s…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 04 AUGUST 2021- 18 AUGUST 2021

Along with the first sea trials of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant in early August, the Indian Navy has been steadily augmenting its capability-building engagements with the partner navies of the Indo-Pacific. In the last…

A CRITIQUE OF THE REPORT ON “A SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW LIKELY WARMING SCENARIOS INDICATE A CATASTROPHIC SECURITY FUTURE”

Kate Guy et al, Product of the National Security, Military, and Intelligence Panel on Climate Change, eds. Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werell. (Washington, DC: The Centre for Climate and Security, an Institute of the Council on Strategic Risks,…

REFLECTIONS ON INDIA’S VIKRANT-CENTRIC CARRIER BATTLE GROUP

The successful completion of the five-day sea trials (from 04 to 08 August 2021) of the long-delayed indigenous aircraft carrier, the new Vikrant, is a seminal event and one that has been justifiably met with elation and a palpable sense of…

NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTIVE GEOSTRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-CHANGE: AN INDIAN AND AN ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE

Abstract The issue of climate change continues to hog the lime-light. Even though there is no unanimity in the scientific community about the rate at which climate change is actually occurring, there is no doubt that climate change is actually…

CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES: CONTOURS, IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES

This research paper is a product of the research collaboration between the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi and the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center, Haifa University (HMS), Israel, with the aim of providing policy recommendations…

IMAGE CREDITS- ONGC, HAZIRA.

INDIA’S GAS-BASED ECONOMY: A BRIDGE TO A TRANSITION OR A GATEWAY TO ENERGY INSECURITY?

Until the mid-twentieth century, natural gas was mostly treated as a by-product of crude oil and “flared” (burned as a waste product) during the recovery of the latter.[1] Restricted to meeting the lighting needs of the local community,…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 19 JULY 2021 TO 03 AUGUST 2021

The two-month deployment of four Indian Naval ships to the Indo-Pacific for bilateral exercises with the navies of Vietnam, the Philippines, Singapore, and Indonesia, and a multilateral exercise with India's Quad partners shows commitment towards…

ENHANCING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRENEAN REGIONS: INDIAN AND ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE