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MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 22 FEBRUARY 2021 – 28 FEBRUARY 2021

The evolving geopolitical contours of India's relationship with China over the past year has now set its sights on reducing the trade imbalance between the two competitors. Reduction of the average turnaround time for ships at major ports in…

ARMED ROBBERY AT SEA IN INDIA: TRENDS AND IMPERATIVES

Introduction ‘Armed robbery against ships’ [hereinafter referred to as ‘armed robbery’] has been defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as “any illegal act of violence or detention, or any act of depredation,…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 15 FEBRUARY 2021 – 21 FEBRUARY 2021

The signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mauritius is India's first such engagement with an African partner. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation & Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius is a culmination of India's External…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 08 FEBRUARY 2021 – 14 FEBRUARY 2021

Although looking at a severe shortage of frigates in the near future, the Royal Navy has stepped up its commitments in the distant Indo-Pacific by announcing the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR). This…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 01 FEBRUARY 2021 – 7 FEBRUARY 2021

Even as Beijing launched a second Type 054 Class Frigate for the Pakistani Navy, Turkey - another of Pakistan's all-weather ally - has begun the construction of the third ship of MILGEM class corvettes for its ally's at the Istanbul Naval…

THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF TAIWAN’S POLITICAL ACCEPTANCE

Introduction Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is a democratically ruled island of about 23.6 million people across the Taiwan Strait from mainland China. Taiwan Strait, which is 110 kms wide, connects the South China…

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COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIA: NEED FOR A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH

Introduction On 26 November 2020, seven fishermen on board a sinking boat were rescued off the Maharashtra coast after fishermen from a nearby boat alerted the owner…

FLOATING OIL-STORAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDIA’S ENERGY SECURITY: PART-2

This is the concluding segment of a two-part article — published online by the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) on successive days — which seeks to analyse the manner in which the intersection of two extraordinary events, namely, the COVID-19…

MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF 25 JANUARY 2021 – 31 JANUARY 2021

In one of its first engagements with a close ally of its Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision, the newly-inaugurated administration of US President Joe Biden, reaffirmed to Prime Minister Suga its commitment to provide 'extended' deterrence to…

FLOATING OIL-STORAGE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDIA’S ENERGY SECURITY — PART-1

The two parts over which this article has been penned seek to analyse the manner in which the intersection of two extraordinary events — the COVID-19 pandemic and the oil-price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia — produced a sequence of…

INTRODUCING CLIMATE RESILIENCE AS THE FIFTH PILLAR OF THE SAGARMALA PROGRAMME

This article seeks to highlight the glaring gap between the planned activities within SAGARMALA and the long-term climate-change-induced threats facing coastal regions in India. It first discusses some of the more prominent impacts of climate…

OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY, SAGARMALA, AND THE BLUE ECONOMY

The SAGARMALA Project and Predicted Energy-Requirements Launched in 2015, the SAGARMALA Project (SP) is a contemporary, mega undertaking of the Government of India (GoI) that is aimed at ‘port-led’ comprehensive and holistic development…