MARINE POLICING AND MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIA: EVOLVING DIMENSIONS
Introduction While navies and coast guards dominate the discourse on maritime security, marine units […]
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MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY IN INDIA: FISHERIES “MCS” A KEY ENABLER
Introduction India has close to 2,60,000 registered fishing vessels.[1] These include deep-sea fishing vessels (61), motorised mechanical vessels (62,130), motorised non-mechanical vessels (1,40,272) and non-motorised/traditional boats (55,748). These boats operate from 1,265 marine fish landing centres along the 7,516.6 kilometre (km) Indian coastline.[2] Overall, it is estimated that around 54,00,000 fishers are employed full time […]
MARITIME AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN INDIA: STRENGTHENING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AND SECURITY
Introduction On 02 March 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the Maritime India Summit 2021, highlighted the government’s plan to develop tourism around lighthouses.[1] Later that month, during his monthly interaction with the nation – “Mann ki Baat” – he spoke about lighthouses and highlighted the government’s plan.[2] On 09 April 2021, the Directorate […]
MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS IN INDIA: SHIFTING PARADIGMS
Introduction Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) has been defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as “the effective understanding of any activity associated with the maritime environment that could impact upon the security, safety, economy or environment.”[1] The Indian Navy has described MDA as “an all-encompassing term that involves being cognisant of the position and intentions […]
MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 19 AUGUST – 03 SEPTEMBER
Israel’s opening of the US$1.7 billion Chinese-operated port at Haifa is the latest addition to China’s ongoing Maritime Silk Road endeavour. Closer home, as India looks to create a vibrant maritime industry through its flagship Sagarmala programme and Maritime India Vision 2030, it will have to consider going beyond the focus on domestic shipbuilding and […]
INDIA IS PREPARED: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH COMMODORE RS VASAN IN (RETD)
The interview was first published on the website of Centre for Strategic Studies – Trincomalee (https://www.trincocss.org/english/india-prepared-exclusive-interview-commodore-r-s-vasan) and is republished here with due permission. China’s influence in Sri Lanka has grown remarkably in recent years. It is apparent. Against this background, there is a prevalent opinion that India faces critical setbacks in Sri Lankan soil as […]
MAKING WAVES E-NEWS BRIEF: 04 AUGUST 2021- 18 AUGUST 2021
Along with the first sea trials of the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant in early August, the Indian Navy has been steadily augmenting its capability-building engagements with the partner navies of the Indo-Pacific. In the last fortnight alone, the Indian Navy has conducted four bilateral naval exercises. It is also slated to conduct the first exercise with the Royal […]
A CRITIQUE OF THE REPORT ON “A SECURITY THREAT ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: HOW LIKELY WARMING SCENARIOS INDICATE A CATASTROPHIC SECURITY FUTURE”
Kate Guy et al, Product of the National Security, Military, and Intelligence Panel on Climate Change, eds. Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werell. (Washington, DC: The Centre for Climate and Security, an Institute of the Council on Strategic Risks, 2020) The February 2020 report by Kate Guy et al, entitled “A Security Threat Assessment of Global […]
REFLECTIONS ON INDIA’S VIKRANT-CENTRIC CARRIER BATTLE GROUP
The successful completion of the five-day sea trials (from 04 to 08 August 2021) of the long-delayed indigenous aircraft carrier, the new Vikrant, is a seminal event and one that has been justifiably met with elation and a palpable sense of maritime pride.[1] “Maritime” is quite clearly the prevailing geopolitical flavour. On the very next […]
NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTIVE GEOSTRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-CHANGE: AN INDIAN AND AN ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE
Abstract The issue of climate change continues to hog the lime-light. Even though there is no unanimity in the scientific community about the rate at which climate change is actually occurring, there is no doubt that climate change is actually happening as we speak. Currently, climate change is confined to the field of climatology/ meteorology […]
CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES: CONTOURS, IMPLICATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES
This research paper is a product of the research collaboration between the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi and the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center, Haifa University (HMS), Israel, with the aim of providing policy recommendations to the respective governments of India and Israel. The article was first published on the HMS website in December […]
INDIA’S GAS-BASED ECONOMY: A BRIDGE TO A TRANSITION OR A GATEWAY TO ENERGY INSECURITY?
Until the mid-twentieth century, natural gas was mostly treated as a by-product of crude oil and “flared” (burned as a waste product) during the recovery of the latter.[1] Restricted to meeting the lighting needs of the local community, it only gained prominence after the viability of its transport over long distances and its subsequent storage […]