
ASSESSING INDIA-US “MASTER SHIP REPAIR AGREEMENTS” (MSRAs)
In July of 2023, a “Master Ship Repair Agreement” (MSRA) involving the US Navy was concluded at Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu, for the very first time in India. It is of great consequence to note that it was not a Government of India’s Public…

A Critique: Scaling India-Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific and beyond 2025: Corridors, Connectivity and Contours
Edited by Dr Jagannath P Panda; KW Publisher Pvt Ltd New Delhi, 2020. 366 pages,
ISBN 978-93-89137-29-3. (Hardcover)
Amongst the most promising bilateral relations of the 21st century is the “India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership”,…

BOOK REVIEW: "EMPIRES OF THE SEA: A HUMAN HISTORY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD”
Radhika Seshan. Pan Macmillan Publishing India Pvt Ltd, 2024. 236 Pages, ISBN: 978-93-90742-50-9, Rs 357 (Paperback)
Radhika Seshan’s book, “Empire of the Seas: A Human History of the Indian Ocean World”, breaks new ground in the ongoing…

Exchange of Crest between DG, NMF and DG, BIMRAD
Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, Director-General of NMF, presented the crest to Commodore Syed Misbah Uddin Ahmad, Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development. Commodore Ahmad also presented a crest to Vice Admiral Chauhan, opening…

THE FORMATION OF INDO-PACIFIC “SQUAD”: A VIEW FROM INDIA
The characteristically dynamic Indo-Pacific region witnessed another seminal geopolitical development on 02 May 2024. At the headquarters of its Indo-Pacific Command (INDO-PACOM) in Hawaii, the United States (US) teamed up with its two regional…
