Day 2 of the NMF-RSiS Dialogue concluded with summative remarks by Ambassador Keng Yong Ong, Executive Deputy Chairman of RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. The event ended with a warm exchange of mementoes by Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM (Retd), Director-General of the National Maritime Foundation, and Ambassador Ong. […]
Day 2 of the 13th NMF-RSiS Dialogue began with a session on India-Singapore collaborative opportunities in the domain of Space. (RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University Singapore) Captain Kamlesh Agnihotri, Senior Fellow, NMF (India-Singapore: collaborative opportunities in the domain of Space)
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 covered in Session 1. The speakers were: Dr Ben Ho, Assistant Professor, China Programme, RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International […]
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 Fellow, NMF (Holistic Maritime Security: Opportunities Arising from Singapore’s Joint Lead of the Science, Technology & Academic Cooperation Pillar/Spoke of the IPOI”) Dr Chime […]
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 speakers were: Dr Sinderpal Singh, Assistant Director, IDSS, RSIS | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Topic: Setting Broad Contexts: Examining Singapore-India […]
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 Wild Ride: The Big Shifts in Foreign Policy from 2013 to 2022”, written by Gilbert Rozman, Sue Mi Teri and Eun […]
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 Sector Undertaking (PSU) shipyard but rather, a private one, owned by M/s […]
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”, which is special in many ways and global in its implications. In this regard, “Scaling India-Japan Cooperation in the […]
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 process of re-evaluation of Indian history, in that it attempts to augment this process through a specifically “maritime” […]
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 avenues for cooperation
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 allies, Australia and Japan, to form a new grouping amongst them, which Pentagon nicknamed (the Indo-Pacific) “SQUAD”.[1] The SQUAD joins the […]
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, constituting 3% of the global total, have surged by 20% in the past decade and, in the absence of decisive action […]