The unanimous renewal of the Security Council’s resolution authorising States and regional organizations cooperating with Somalia to use all necessary means to fight piracy off the coast of the East African country is a recognition of the ongoing threat that resurgent piracy and armed robbery at sea pose.
Part I of this article had addressed the vulnerability of coastal cities to climate-change-induced impacts such as extreme-weather events, and sea-level rise. This second part explores how the most-vulnerable groups within coastal communities are at high risk of being marginalised. As such, it tries to address the need to take into consideration the adaptation needs […]
INTRODUCTION It has been twelve years since the heinous attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2008. While ‘coastal border management’ was institutionalised in 2004 with the establishment of the Department of Border Management (DoBM) in the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the management of coastal (and maritime) security in India underwent a paradigm shift after […]
The damage caused to a Greek-operated tanker by a sea-mine at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea brings back haunting memories of the Iran-Iraq ‘tanker war’, which saw the unrestricted use of mines as a highly cost effective weapon to paralyse shipping in the Persian Gulf
Abstract A country’s coastline is the epicentre of its business, commerce, transportation, and industry. It provides a majority of the global ecosystem goods and services that are central to the country’s socio-cultural and economic development. Hence, the threat posed to coastal cities by a rise in the sea level caused by climate change is both, […]
The preceding segment of this two-part article had set the context within which three important legal questions needed to be explored: (1) Do IRGCN gunboats classify as warships? (2) Do their harassment-actions constitute a level of ‘use of force’ that triggers the right of self-defence of US warships? (3) Is the ‘100-metre rule’ valid in […]
The US’ Secretary of the Navy’s announcement about the re-establishment of the First Fleet in Southeast Asia assumes significance in the wake of China’s assertive actions across the Indo-Pacific, especially the South China Sea.
The following paragraphs constitute the first of a two-part article that seeks to analyse the sea-going forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), considered by some to a legitimate, albeit parallel, ‘navy’ of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and by others, particularly by Government of the USA, as nothing more than a ‘foreign terrorist […]
Russia’s plan of establishing a naval logistics base in Sudan is indicative of its re-entry into the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Though statements refer to the base as a defensive measure with the aim of maintaining peace and stability in the region, the presence of Russian maritime assets in the northern area of IOR could complicate relations, especially after […]
Japan and South Korea are two nation-states that have increasingly been assuming a constructive role in East Africa. Japan has, particularly, assisted African nations through a variety of initiatives that have considerably raised the profile of its development assistance programmes, most pertinently pushed through by the Official Development Assistance (ODA). The Republic of Korea, on […]
The 2020 edition (the 24th in the series) of the combined naval exercise MALABAR has finally been restored to its expanded format involving combat platforms and personnel drawn from the navies of all four members of the Quad. Quite apart from the renewed invitation-to and acceptance-by the Royal Australian Navy — after a gap of […]
Israel’s purchase of six Sa’ar corvettes from Germany, to protect its offshore natural gas infrastructure, indicates a shift in its maritime security doctrine. These ships will enhance the ability of the staying power, hence the presence of the Israeli Navy at sea, and its growth as a maritime player in the Eastern Mediterranean. In Bangladesh, […]