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Climate-change: An Indian and An Israeli Perspective

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

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…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 04 JULY 2021 TO 18 JULY 2021

Togo's jailing of nine pirates, who attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019, is a historic first-ever in the country. It sends a strong message that Togo, along with neighbouring Nigeria, is serious about its commitment to…

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

The signing of a framework agreement, between Tanzania and China, to develop a road map for the USD 10 billion Bagomayo Port project highlights the latter's continuous endeavour in expanding its footprint in East Africa. Coming only months…

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

India's Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), "Deep Ocean Mission", with a view to explore deep ocean for resources and develop deep sea technologies for sustainable use of ocean…
Photo-credit: Mr Tobias Friedrich at www.smithsonianmag.com

DECODING MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN INDIA – PART 2:   CHALLENGES IN MARINE CONSERVATION IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND TRANSBOUNDARY AREAS

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982, entitles every coastal or island State to a varying degree of access and jurisdiction over its coastal seas.  A belt of 12 nautical miles (nm) breadth, measured to seaward from…
Hybrid Warfare- ship on fire

ASSESSING INDIA’s “SECURITY-OF-ENERGY” IN THE FACE OF HYBRID WARFARE

In recent years, hybrid warfare has developed into a major regional and national threat, and threatens to become a global challenge.  Hybrid warfare refers to a combination of conventional and unconventional warfare capabilities, used by non-State…
STEMMING THE RISING TIDE — OCEANS AND THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE Saurabh ThakurPHOTO CREDITS- Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket/Getty Images

STEMMING THE RISING TIDE — OCEANS AND THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The crisis of anthropogenic climate change has been framed in myriad ways, often oscillating between a wide array of definitions, political ideologies, economic pathways, and moral principles.  Translating such a diverse and polarised debate…
The Fukushima Conundrum: Ocean Disposal of Nuclear Waste Saurabh Thakur

THE FUKUSHIMA CONUNDRUM: OCEAN DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE

The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Yoshihide Suga, recently made public a plan to discharge 1.25 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, describing it as his country’s “most realistic…

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