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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…

DEFINING INTENT: A FRAMEWORK FOR MINISTERIAL DISASTER-MANAGEMENT PLANNING

             India’s pursuit of a holistic and risk-resilient approach to disaster management requires disaster-risk considerations to be integrated across all levels of governance and sectors of the economy.  Ministerial…
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MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING AS A STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE TOOL — INDIA’S DOMESTIC CAPABILITY AND REGIONAL LEADERSHIP IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

             Keywords: Marine Spatial Planning, Indian Ocean, Regional Cooperation, Ocean Governance This paper argues that India should understand Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) not merely as an environmental management 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…

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