Indian and Regional Maritime Security Archives - National Maritime Foundation

A POLICY GAP ANALYSIS OF INDIA’S BLUE ECONOMY — PART 1

The “Blue Economy”, at its broadest, seeks to balance economic development with environmental sustainability and equity, including the interests of communities that depend on marine resources, unlike the ocean…

A CASE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL CORRIDORS THROUGH TRILATERAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN INDIA, JAPAN AND COUNTRIES OF AFRICA — INTRODUCING THE CONCEPT

The intent for India-Japan collaboration in Africa has been a steady feature of the bilateral partnership for nearly a decade. It found its most prominent expression in the Asia-Africa Growth Corridor…

RECONCEPTUALISING “FACILITY-SECURITY DESIGN” (FSD)

Keywords: critical infrastructure, security engineering, disaster management planning On 27 June 2017, AP Møller-Maersk, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, was struck by NotPetya, a…

BEYOND BRAHMOS — ADVANCING THE INDIA-PHILIPPINES DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION

Keywords: Indo-Philippines; Defence Industry Cooperation; Defence Technology; Indo-Pacific; South China Sea; Maritime Cooperation The India-Philippines BrahMos missile deal of 2022 made headlines…

INDIA-DENMARK COOPERATION ON GREEN SHIPPING, MARITIME DECARBONISATION, AND ENERGY TRANSITION

Background The transition towards low-emission shipping is beginning to alter the foundations upon which maritime economies compete. Each initiative carries forth a consequential wave, reshaping the…

REVIEW OF “SECURITY COOPERATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: POLITICS, PRIORITIES, AND PATHWAYS OF THE REGIONAL SECURITY PATCHWORK”

Edited by Joanne Wallis, Henrietta McNeill, James Batley and Anna Powles. Routledge, London and New York 2025. 334 pages, ISBN: 978-1-003-61319-0, (Open Access) As strategic competition between the United States and…

RETHINKING MARITIME CONNECTIVITY — TOWARDS CONNECTED MARITIME SYSTEMS

Setting the Context Maritime connectivity has emerged as an increasingly important component of national and regional economic and strategic policy. Yet, the growing prominence of the term has not been accompanied…

INDIA AND THE DJIBOUTI CODE OF CONDUCT — TOWARDS A BOTTOM-UP APPROACH TO REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY (PART 2)

Keywords: Djibouti Code of Conduct-Jeddah Amendment, India, Eastern Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Maritime Security Note: This article is the second (and concluding) part of a two-part series that undertakes…

SAUDI ARABIA’S MULTINATIONAL MARITIME DEFENCE ALLIANCE — IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA

Keywords: Saudi Arabia, Multinational Maritime Defence Alliance (MMDA), Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Maritime Security, Regional Maritime Security Architecture, Institutional Proliferation, India–Saudi Arabia Relations,…

NATIONAL SECURITY RESILIENCE — FRAMING THE FIRST STEPS IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT

With the end of the Second World War, the global strategic balance shifted to bipolarity.[1] In the 1990s, the collapse of the Warsaw Pact marked a brief transition to a unipolar world.[2] At present, the rise…

THE DRONE MOTHERSHIP PROBLEM: WHAT CHINA’S NAVAL WRITINGS REVEAL ABOUT INDIA’S FUTURE LPDS

Every revolution in naval power has arrived twice. The first time as a machine. The second time, years later and at much greater cost, as an organisation. Carrier aviation did not transform naval warfare the…

INDIA’S MARITIME ALTERNATIVE FUEL POLICY— EVALUATING TRANSITION PATHWAYS FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY AND ENERGY SECURITY

The shipping industry is simultaneously one of the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions and one of the most indispensable pillars of the global economy. Beyond its role in facilitating international…