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EVALUATING THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF IORA’S DIALOGUE PARTNERS

     Keywords: IORA, Dialogue Partners, Regional Cooperation, Multilateral Accountability, MAHASAGAR, India’s IORA Chairmanship, Maritime Governance, Special Fund, GIZ, South Korea, China, Germany India assumed the chairmanship…

THE CASE FOR A “HOLISTIC MARITIME SECURITY” DIALOGUE BETWEEN INDIA AND SEYCHELLES

      Keywords Seychelles; India; Maritime Diplomacy; Blue Economy; Maritime Security; Non-Traditional Maritime Security Threats; Small Island Development States (SIDS) On 12 March 2025, during his visit to Mauritius, Prime…

SEA-BLINDNESS IN INDIAN SOCIETY — IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL IDENTITY AND POLICY

      Present discussions surrounding sea-blindness carry a deeper subtext.  India’s legitimacy as a maritime nation has rarely been disputed, yet the country continues to think of itself largely through a continental…

FROM PROJECTS TO PERCEPTIONS — REIMAGINING INDIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MALDIVES

    India’s engagement with the Maldives represents one of the most significant examples of development diplomacy in South Asia.  Over the past two decades, India has emerged as one of the foremost development and security partners…

INDIA’S SHIPBUILDING AMBITIONS — LESSONS FROM TÜRKIYE

    Keywords: INDIA’S SHIPBUILDING AMBITIONS, TÜRKIYE’S SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY, COMMERCIAL SHIPBUILDING, NAVAL SHIPBUILDING, DEFENCE EXPORTS, MARITIME INDUSTRIAL POLICY, MILGEM PROGRAMME, GLOBAL SHIPBUILDING COMPETITION, GREEN…

‘STATELESSNESS’ AND MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: ASSESSING THE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE INDIAN COAST GUARD’S ‘TANKER SEIZURES’

On 05 February 2026, India’s Ministry of Defence, through a Press Information Bureau release, informed of an interception, investigation, and apprehension by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) of three oil tankers, approximately 100 nautical miles…

A COLLABORATIVE INDO-PACIFIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PROTECTION OF CRITICAL MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE

    INTRODUCTION: WHEN INFRASTRUCTURE BECOMES STRATEGY The Indo-Pacific is not simply a geographic designation. It is the beating heart of the global economy - a region that accounts for nearly two-thirds of global GDP, approximately…

VERANTWORTUNG FÜR EUROPA:  GERMANY’S APRIL 2026 MILITARY STRATEGY AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE INDO-GERMANY STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

      The release of Germany’s first standalone military strategy, titled Verantwortung für Europa (Responsibility for Europe), on 22 April 2026, marks a watershed moment in the history of the Federal Republic’s security…

REVIEW OF "LEVERAGING HIGH-TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHINESE MILITARY AND MARITIME DOMAINS"

    Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri KW Publishers Pvt Ltd (New Delhi), 2022. 286 pages, ISBN: 978-93-91490-17-1, Rs. 1,280 (hardback) ‘Opportunities multiply as they are seized’                                                                …

NEON-GAS LOGISTICS — AN INDIA-TAIWAN PARTNERSHIP TOWARDS MARITIME RESILIENCE

      Backdrop The global semiconductor industry’s near-total dependence on maritime logistics for the movement of critical inputs imposes a set of structural vulnerabilities that remain curiously underexamined in contemporary…

FROM STRATEGIC CONVERGENCE TO FLEXIBLE REALISM MANAGING THE DEFINING PARTNERSHIP OF THE 21ST CENTURY

    The economic and military growth of a nuclear-armed China and its implications for India’s security have caused India’s Prime Ministers from Vajpayee to Manmohan to Narendra Modi to invest substantially in strengthening the…

CHABAHAR PORT — THE LIMITS OF ‘MAXIMUM PRESSURE’

      The joint development by India and Iran (later augmented by commitments from Afghanistan and sustained interest from Uzbekistan) of the Iranian port of Chabahar has long been subjected to operational uncertainty.  It would…

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