Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 14 dated 01 Jan 2026 China’s third aircraft carrier, Fujian was commissioned on 05 Nov 2025. She is a substantial departure from her earlier siblings. Gone is the ramp at the bows which has been replaced by three Electro Magnetic Launching Systems (EMALS), thus making the […]
Türkiye’s expanding interest in the Indian Ocean—manifested through defence exports, naval diplomacy, and its growing partnership with Pakistan—has increasingly been interpreted in Indian strategic circles through a zero-sum lens. Yet this approach risks overestimating Türkiye’s structural capabilities while underestimating India’s ability to shape the regional environment. This article argues that India’s long-term maritime […]
The Blue Economy is often described as a sector of the economy — placed alongside the maritime sector or conflated with the “ocean economy” — limited to industries such as shipping, fisheries, offshore energy, and tourism. This narrow framing fundamentally underestimates both the scale of the ocean and the depth of humanity’s […]
The term “strategic communication” has emerged as a buzzword within the existing public discourse in India. While the term has been a part of the strategic lexicon since time immemorial, it has acquired renewed interest and piqued the curiosity of policymakers in recent times, due to the skirmishes/military strikes witnessed between […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]
China has a declared ‘military strategy’ or ‘strategic guideline’ of ‘active defence.’ This has been put out in the public domain through its Defence White Papers (DWPs) published, commencing 1998. After 1949, the PLA has used the concept of the ‘strategic guideline’ to formulate and describe its military strategies.[1] When the PRC was […]
The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) recently held an interaction with senior representatives from the Pacific Forum, focusing on key issues related to Indo-Pacific security, strategic communications, and the evolving India–US defence and maritime partnership. Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM (Retd), Director-General, NMF, along with Ms Anuttama Banerji, Research Associate, NMF, engaged in […]
India’s National Maritime Day, observed on 05 April each year, commemorates a single episode in India’s colonial history, the maiden voyage of the SS Loyalty under the British-Indian flag in 1919 from Bombay to London.[1] While this date honours the pioneering spirit of India’s merchant marine, it remains firmly rooted in the colonial-era […]
The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Maritime Heritage and Museums during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Sultanate of Oman on 18 December 2025 marks a pivotal moment in India-Oman relations.[1] While contemporary joint statements understandably foreground trade, energy cooperation, and maritime security, this MoU carries a deeper and […]
Keywords G20; Oceans20 (O20); South Africa; African Union; Ocean20SA; Ocean Actions, Green Renewable Energy; Just Transition Each year, once the G20 Leaders’ Declaration is released, stakeholders across sectors begin parsing the document to understand how the summit’s outcomes might shape their own priorities in the months ahead. Ocean stakeholders are no exception. Their […]
Representing the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Captain R S Sawan and Commandant Neeraj Sharma participated in the international conference titled “India and a Multipolar World: Strategic Autonomy, the Indo-Pacific Imperative and Digital Diplomacy”, held in Mumbai. During the conference, Captain R S Sawan articulated India’s evolving maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region and contributed to […]
Making Waves’ is a compilation of maritime news and news analyses drawn from national and international online sources. Drawn directly from original sources, minor editorial amendments are made by specialists on maritime affairs. It is intended for academic research, and not for commercial use. NMF expresses its gratitude to all sources of information, which are […]