Introduction ‘Armed robbery against ships’ [hereinafter referred to as ‘armed robbery’] has been defined by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as “any illegal act of violence or detention, or any act of depredation, or threat thereof, other than an act of “piracy”, committed for private ends and directed against a ship, or against persons or […]
The signing of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Mauritius is India’s first such engagement with an African partner. The Comprehensive Economic Cooperation & Partnership Agreement (CECPA) with Mauritius is a culmination of India’s External Affairs Minister, Shri S Jaishankar’s, successful four-day tour to two key Indian Ocean countries and is expected to encourage other African […]
Although looking at a severe shortage of frigates in the near future, the Royal Navy has stepped up its commitments in the distant Indo-Pacific by announcing the deployment of the HMS Queen Elizabeth to the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR). This deployment follows French forays into the South China Sea and is a collective show of strength against perceived […]
Even as Beijing launched a second Type 054 Class Frigate for the Pakistani Navy, Turkey – another of Pakistan’s all-weather ally – has begun the construction of the third ship of MILGEM class corvettes for its ally’s at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY). China is also enabling Pakistan to set up a network-enabled warfare capability with satellite feeds […]
Introduction Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is a democratically ruled island of about 23.6 million people across the Taiwan Strait from mainland China. Taiwan Strait, which is 110 kms wide, connects the South China Sea to the East China Sea. Taiwan’s GDP in 2019 was USD 605 billion and accounts for […]
Introduction On 26 November 2020, seven fishermen on board a sinking boat were rescued off the Maharashtra coast after fishermen from a nearby boat alerted the owner as well as the […]
This is the concluding segment of a two-part article — published online by the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) on successive days — which seeks to analyse the manner in which the intersection of two extraordinary events, namely, the COVID-19 pandemic and the oil-price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, produced a sequence of outcomes that […]
In one of its first engagements with a close ally of its Free and Open Indo-Pacific Vision, the newly-inaugurated administration of US President Joe Biden, reaffirmed to Prime Minister Suga its commitment to provide ‘extended’ deterrence to Japan, especially against regional security threats arising from China and North Korea.
The two parts over which this article has been penned seek to analyse the manner in which the intersection of two extraordinary events — the COVID-19 pandemic and the oil-price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia — produced a sequence of outcomes that significantly impacted India’s crude-oil vulnerability and the mitigating measures that the country […]
This article seeks to highlight the glaring gap between the planned activities within SAGARMALA and the long-term climate-change-induced threats facing coastal regions in India. It first discusses some of the more prominent impacts of climate change on India’s coastal infrastructure and highlights the likelihood of their continuing to amplify and accelerate in the near-term future. […]
The SAGARMALA Project and Predicted Energy-Requirements Launched in 2015, the SAGARMALA Project (SP) is a contemporary, mega undertaking of the Government of India (GoI) that is aimed at ‘port-led’ comprehensive and holistic development of the country as a whole. Its stated vision is to “reduce logistics cost[s] for both domestic and EXIM cargo with minimal […]
The discovery of a Xiang Yang Hong research-ship in the Eastern Indian Ocean, off Sumatra, is yet another instance of China’s interest to enhance the capabilities of its submarine fleet through data-gathering. Coming less than six months after a similar incident near Sri Lankan waters, the dual purposes of such activities merits attention considering the […]