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REVIEWING THE “CODE OF CONDUCT” (COC) IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Keywords: ASEAN; Code of Conduct; South China Sea; Maritime Security; 1982 UNCLOS At the 19th East Asia Summit held in Vientiane, Laos, on 11 October 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed support for the development of “a…

NEW ZEALAND’S CRITICAL MINERALS STRATEGY 2025: OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIA – NEW ZEALAND

The growing global demand for critical minerals has made resource security a strategic priority for many nations. New Zealand’s recently released critical minerals strategy outlines a long-term vision for developing its mineral sector to support…

BOOK REVIEW: THE CONTEST FOR THE INDIAN OCEAN: AND THE MAKING OF A NEW WORLD ORDER

Darshana M Baruah. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2024. 206 Pages, ISBN 978-0-300-27091-4. Darshana M Baruah’s recent book, “The Contest for the Indian Ocean: And the Making of A New World Order”, which examines the evolving geopolitical…

IORA AT 28: INDIA’S CHAIRMANSHIP AND THE PATH FORWARD

Keywords: Regional Cooperation, Maritime Security, Blue Economy, Fisheries Management, Sustainable Development In 1995, former (Late) President Nelson Mandela of the Republic of South Africa during his visit to India said, “The natural…

UNDERWATER DOMAIN AWARENESS FOR AND BY SUBMARINE COMMUNICATION CABLES

The announcement of the Autonomous Systems Industry Alliance (ASIA) under the US-India COMPACT (Catalysing Opportunities for Military Partnership, Accelerated Commerce & Technology) for the 21st Century signals the development of closer…

BOOK REVIEW: HOW THE WORLD RAN OUT OF EVERYTHING: INSIDE THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

By Peter S Goodman. New York: Mariner Books, 2024. 416 Pages, ISBN 978-00-6325-792-4. The crisis of globalisation could aptly be called “the crisis of our times”. Bubbling with the global financial crisis of 2008, it evolved into…

TO RULE THE WAVES: HOW CONTROL OF THE WORLD’S OCEANS SHAPES THE FATE OF THE SUPERPOWERS

Bruce D Jones. (2022 Edition). Scribner. 14 September 2021. 402 pages In this book, the author, Bruce D Jones, delves into the geopolitical, economic, and strategic importance of the world’s oceans, emphasising their role as the cornerstone…

REVIEW OF “MODERN PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE: A CASE STUDY OF INDIA”

By Dr Arunkumar Bhatt, Lancer Publishers, 2015, 357 pages, ISBN 978817062133 Dr Arunkumar Bhatt’s Modern Psychological Warfare: A Case Study of India makes a seminal contribution to the study of military strategy…

BOOK REVIEW: THE FREE SEA: THE AMERICAN FIGHT FOR FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION

James Kraska and Raul Pedrozo, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2018. 395 pages, ISBN 9781682471166, (Hardbound) The concept of free seas was first formulated by Hugo Grotius in his seminal work of 1609, Mare…