March 2024 - National Maritime Foundation

Cmde Debesh Lahiri at the UNODC GMCP and SL Navy Workshop on Charting Unruly Waters: Enhancing Maritime Domain Awareness in the Indian Ocean Region

Cmde Debesh Lahiri, Retd., Senior Fellow and the Executive Editor of 'Maritime Affairs', NMF, represented the Foundation and was a Speaker/Panelist at the UNODC GMCP and SL Navy organised 2-day workshop on "Charting Unruly Waters: Enhancing…

Professional Education Lecture (PEL) delivered by Prof Shankari Sundararaman on ‘ASEAN and QUAD: Understanding the Role of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific’

Prof Shankari Sundararaman delivered the Professional Education Lecture (PEL) on ‘ASEAN and QUAD: Understanding the Role of Multilateralism in the Indo-Pacific’ at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi, on Wednesday, 27 March…

EPITOME OF SOFT POWER: THE INDIAN NAVY’S BENIGN MISSIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract The Indian Navy’s missions, articulated in the ‘Indian Maritime Doctrine’, range from the ‘military’ — characterised by the threat or use of force at and from the sea — to ‘benign’, which is characterised by the…

A STUDY OF ENGAGEMENT AND INFLUENCE AT THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANISATION’S LEGAL COMMITTEE

Keywords: International Maritime Organisation, IMO, Legal Committee, IMO’s Legal Committee, Standard-setting, Rulemaking, Rules and Standards, Rules-based order, International law. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO)…

Visit of VAdm Hiroshi EGAWA, President, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF)

On Tuesday, 19 March 2024, the National Maritime Foundation was visited by a delegation from the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF). The delegation was headed by Vice Admiral Hiroshi Egawa — President, Command and Staff College. …

Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, (Retd), IN at the 12th Ocean Dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City

The Director-General of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd), represented the Foundation at the 12th Ocean Dialogue in Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, 15 March 2024. He presented his…

The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) Signs an MoU with the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV)

The National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi, signed an MoU with the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) at Ho Chi Minh City on Friday, 15 March 2024, on the sidelines of the 12th Ocean Dialogue, jointly organised by the DAV and the Vietnam…

SINO-JAPANESE NUANCES OF “FACE” — AND LESSONS FOR INDIA

China and Japan are the warp and weft yarns of a geopolitical tapestry woven across millennia. The two countries share a significant, enduring, and long-running history — marked by both vibrant cultural exchange and devastating conflict. …

ASSESSING INDIA’S LEGAL PREPAREDNESS FOR SEABED MINING: PART I

The Government of India’s application to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on 18 January 2024, seeking approval for its plans-of-work for the exploration of polymetallic sulphides in the Carlsberg Ridge, and for cobalt-rich ferromanganese…

TOWARDS A HOLISTIC BLUE ECONOMY FRAMEWORK: ADOPTION OF HIGH-LEVEL PRINCIPLES FOR BLUE ECONOMY BY THE G20

Under India’s presidency, the G20 forum achieved an important milestone in the global discourse on Blue Economy. A striking example was the “Chennai High-Level Principles for a Sustainable and Resilient Blue/Ocean-based Economy”,[1] …