The commissioning of the Indian indigenously built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant is a seminal event in the long and illustrious history of the Indian Navy. The occasion also marks the maturing of India’s warship designing and construction capacity; and is indeed a watershed moment for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ aspiring to be a technological leader through […]
On Sunday, 31 July 2022, by Presidential Decree 512, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin approved the 2022 Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation, which replaces the 2015 maritime doctrine. Released on the occasion of the Russia’s 326th Navy Day celebrations (traditionally held annually on the last Sunday of July) in St Petersburg, the new maritime doctrine […]
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 […]
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 […]
As India celebrates and commemorates 75 years of independence, it is also a moment to trace the events which shaped the development of the homeland dimensions of maritime security and to reflect on its evolution. Evolving maritime threats, crises, and other developments have been catalysts for change, and ‘26/11’ in particular was a watershed. The […]
Doctrinal and Strategic Nuances The methodology of shaping a favourable and positive maritime environment can assume many forms, which can be pursued by three main distinct approaches. The first is via a stand-alone nationalistic approach, the second through alliances, and the third by a grouping of strategic partners working together in a series of cooperative […]
In February 2022, the Central Government appointed India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC). The need for an apex-body for coordination was recommended way back in 2001 in the Report of the Group of Ministers on National Security and is a long pending reform which has the potential to transform maritime security governance in India. […]
Note: Some segments of this article have been published by the author in the South Asia Defence and Strategic Review (Vol 16 Issue 2 May – Jun 2022) and are repeated here with due permission. As the Indian Navy gears up for the 2022 edition of its indigenisation and innovation perspective plan, generically known as […]
Over the week that has elapsed since the tragic loss of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in his home country on the 8th of July 2022, the world has witnessed a deluge of eulogies for this charismatic world leader who charmed and inspired the world over the past two decades. For […]
This article was first published in the April 2022 edition of Benedict’s Maritime Bulletin [Vol 20, No 2, Second Quarter 2022] and is reproduced with due permission”. Even almost a century after the seminal 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice (PCIJ) judgment in the LOTUS Case, international law still does not provide clear rules […]
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 […]
Overview “States that adjoin this ocean are differentiated by their varying political ideologies, by the God they pray to, by the language they converse in, by their history and their race.”[1] The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has variously been labelled as “a region that does not inspire confidence in the potential for peaceful governance” [2], […]