Indian and Regional Maritime Security Archives - Page 3 of 5

ENHANCING DEFENCE INDUSTRY AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION WITH VIETNAM

Keywords: India-Vietnam; Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; Defence Industry Cooperation; Maritime Security; Indo-Pacific The ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’ between India and Vietnam, signed in 2016, has progressively…

THE 'ECONOMICS OF GEOGRAPHY' - THE UNDERLYING 'ZERO-SUM-GAME' OF THE INDIA-US RELATIONSHIP A 'STRATEGIC-RESOURCE'-BASED VIEW

There has been a cataclysmic outpouring of both disappointment and anger across the world, and more recently in India, with President Trump’s aggressive use of tariffs as a repressive tool to preserve the hegemony and dominance…

RESOURCE MINING AND OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS IN INDIA

On 28th November 2024, India’s Central Government — more specifically the Ministry of Mines — launched the first tranche of thirteen offshore blocks for auction.[1] Three of these blocks are for ‘construction sand’ off the coast…

APPROACHES FOR THE “INDO-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP FOR MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS” (IPMDA) TO ACTUALLY DELIVER ON ITS PROMISE

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) defines maritime domain awareness (MDA), as, “the effective understanding of anything associated with the maritime domain that could impact (the) security, safety, the economy or the marine environment.”…

THE POWER OF THREE AT SEA: INDIA’S TRILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION

KEY WORDS: TRILATERALS, CRITICAL MINERALS, INDIA-FRANCE, SUBMARINE CABLES. Trilaterals represent a pragmatic diplomatic relationship designed to overcome the inherent limitations of both, purely bilateral engagements (which often have limited…

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“INDONESIA’S MARITIME DILEMMA — BETWEEN LEGAL CONSISTENCY AND STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY”

Keywords: Indonesia, China, DOC, COC, Code of Conduct, Indo-Pacific, MAHASAGAR. Indonesia’s Geostrategic Centrality in the Indo-Pacific Indonesia occupies a geostrategic position along some of the world’s most vital international…

TÜRKIYE AND BANGLADESH: STRATEGIC EMBRACE OR TEMPORARY ALIGNMENT?

Keywords: TÜRKIYE–BANGLADESH, BAY OF BENGAL, SOUTH ASIA STRATEGIC ALIGNMENTS, INDIA–BANGLADESH RELATIONS, EMERGING REGIONAL BLOCS, GEOPOLITICAL REALIGNMENT This policy paper examines the Türkiye–Bangladesh relationship through the…

THE PLA NAVY’s AIRCRAFT CARRIER, THE FUJIAN: A SYMBOL OF CHINA’S ‘FAR-SEA DOMINANCE’ ASPIRATIONS

Keywords: PLA Navy, Aircraft Carriers, Fujian, Liaoning, Shandong, EMALS, Power Projection, Far Seas, Maritime Security, Indian Ocean, J-15, J-35, Liu Huaqing, Gerard Ford, CATOBAR, Doraleh, Djibouti “The carrier has become an important…

HOW ASSASSINATIONS AND THE VIRTUAL NARRATIVE ARE CHANGING THE SHAPE OF WARFARE

The continuing wars in Ukraine and Gaza, coupled with the India-Pakistan military skirmish of May 2025, have shown that not only has warfare changed but older forms of military attacks are once again back in fashion. Assassinations, once thought…

“COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIPELAGIC DEFENCE CONCEPT” (CADC) OF THE PHILIPPINES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA ARISING THEREFROM

Keywords: Comprehensive Archipelagic Defence Concept; CADC; the Philippines; South China Sea; India A geopolitical storm has been brewing in the South China Sea (SCS) for some time now, and increasingly, the Philippines finds itself at the…

INDIA’S MARITIME CAPACITY-BUILDING AND CAPABILITY-ENHANCEMENT IN THE WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN

Keywords: AIKEYME Exercise, IOS SAGAR, Capacity Building, Capability enhancement, Western Indian Ocean, Maritime Security Architecture April 2025 has been a milestone month for India’s maritime ambitions, marked by two unprecedented initiatives. …

BOOK REVIEW: THE CHRYSANTHEMUM AND THE SWORD

Ruth Benedict, Mariner Books, reprinted edition 2005.324 pages, ISBN-10: 0-618-61959-3, Rs 1662 (paperback) “They cultivate the pleasures of the flesh like fine arts, and then, when they are fully savoured, they sacrifice them to duty.” -…