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INDIA'S EVOLVING COASTAL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: A CASE FOR A NEW CENTRAL FORCE

It has now been over a decade since the Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 (26/11) undertaken by the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tohiba (LeT) group. Since then, considerable efforts have been made to streamline India’s coastal security,…

THE AMERICAN SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA: PART 3

Iran has threatened to close down the Strait of Hormuz. This is in response to the US decision to end waivers for eight major oil importing countries for buying oil from Iran, starting from 01 May 2019. Similar threats have emanated…

INDIA'S CHINA POLICY: DYNAMICS OF 'CHANGE' AND 'CONTINUITY'

CHINA IN THE MIDDLE EAST: EXPANDING POLITICAL CLOUT AND MARITIME SPACE

Despite being a relatively new entrant in the Middle East, China, with its ambitious leadership and ever-expanding range of interests, (not least amongst which remains the security of its energy supplies from the region), has now begun to pay…

INDIA AS A CHALLENGE TO CHINA'S BRI

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013, comprising both the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt (launched in August 2013) and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (introduced…

INDIAN MARITIME PARADIPLOMACY: CONNECTING SUB-NATIONAL NAUTICAL DOTS

INDIA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC ‘REGIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX’

INDIA'S ENDEAVOUR TO REBOOT SHIPPING INDUSTRY: RATIONALE AND IMPLICATIONS

QUADRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE (QSD) AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR INDIA

CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO VERDICT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

On 25 February 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its verdict in favour of Mauritius, over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago and asked the United Kingdom (UK) to hand over the disputed islands to the former. It…

MAKING WAVES: FORTNIGHTLY E-NEWS BRIEF 15-31 JAN 2019

NAVAL AIR STATIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR STATE ECONOMIES

In recent days, some newspapers in Goa have reported on issues of No Objection Certificates (NOC) that the Indian Navy provides for certain buildings, development and infrastructure at a specified radius around the Naval Air Station (NAS), Dabolim.…