
Day 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue
Day 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue concluded with insightful presentations on China's worldview, the Singapore-China relationship, and China’s operations in the South China Sea. Discussions added to the understanding of the various topics…

Session 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue
Session 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue featured a presentation on holistic maritime security and nature-based coastal resilience opportunities between Singapore and India 🇸🇬🇮🇳
The speakers were:
Commodore Debesh Lahiri, Senior…

Session 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue
Session 1 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue examined Singapore-India ties to identify areas of maritime convergence.
The discussion was moderated by Commodore Manish Sinha, Executive Director of the National Maritime Foundation (NMF).
The…

BOOK REVIEW: SOUTH KOREA’S WILD RIDE: THE BIG SHIFTS IN FOREIGN POLICY FROM 2013 TO 2022
By: Gilbert Rozman, Sue Mi Teri, and Eun A Jo; Routledge Publications, Taylor and Francis Group, New York, 2024, 175 pages
ISBN: 9781032496405 (Hardcover); ISBN: 971032496399 (Paperback); ISBN: 9781003394792 (E-Book)
The book “South Korea’s…

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…

Towards Zero-Emission Shipping for India — The Case for Ammonia versus Hydrogen as the Fuel of Choice
As the maritime sector charts its course into the future, it finds itself at a critical juncture, confronting the challenges of decarbonisation amidst economic and geopolitical uncertainties. Greenhouse gas emissions from the shipping industry,…

SPAIN’S NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY 2024: AN ANALYSIS
Key Words: Maritime Security, National Strategy, SDG 14, Shipbuilding, European Union, Spain. India
The author would like to thank Ms Anuttama Banerjee, Junior Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, for her contribution to this…

2nd edition of the India-Australia-Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop
2nd edition of the India-Australia-Indonesia Trilateral Maritime Security Workshop was conducted at INS Dronacharya, Kochi, India. Captain Sawan and Captain Vikramaditya, Senior Fellows at NMF, delivered their presentations on the theme of…
