Ms Kripa Anand Archives - National Maritime Foundation

REVIEW OF “BLUE ECONOMY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: RESOURCE ECONOMICS, STRATEGIC VISION, AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE”

Authors: Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay, Victor J Loveson, Sridhar D Iyer, and PK Sudarsan. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), US & UK 2021. 297 pages, Rs 2963, ISBN: 978-0-367-52382-4 (Paperback) Against the backdrop of intensifying climate…

INDIA–NEW ZEALAND FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: STRATEGIC AND MARITIME IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH OCEANIA

Following several rounds of negotiations launched in March 2025, India and New Zealand concluded one of India’s fastest-negotiated Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in December 2025.[1] The Agreement significantly enhances…

REVIEW OF “THE BLUE COMMONS: RESCUING THE ECONOMY OF THE SEA”

Author: Guy Standing. Penguin Random House UK, 2022. 584 pages, Rs. 965, ISBN: 978-0-241-47587-4 (Hard Bound) The Blue Commons: Rescuing the Economy of the Sea, written by Guy Standing, draws attention to one of the planet’s…

LEVERAGING FIPIC FOR INDIA’S INDO-PACIFIC AMBITIONS

The “Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation” (FIPIC) was established in 2014 as a strategic initiative by India to strengthen its diplomatic, economic, and cultural engagement with the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). FIPIC comprises…

REVIEW OF “GIRT BY SEA”

Authors: Rebecca Strating and Joanne Wallis. Collingwood, Australia: La Trobe University Press in conjunction with Black Inc, 2024. 287 pages, Rs. 2,000, ISBN: 9781760644512 Girt by Sea: Re-Imagining Australia’s Security is a thought-provoking…

BOOK REVIEW OF “WHAT THE WILD SEA CAN BE: THE FUTURE OF THE WORLD’S OCEAN”

Author: Helen Scales. Grove Press UK, 2024. 266 pages, Rs. 948, ISBN: 978-I-8047I-051-7 The book, What the Wild Sea Can Be, which has been longlisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction, has been authored by Dr Helen Scales,…

BOOK REVIEW OF “UNDERSTANDING MARITIME SECURITY”

Authors: Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds. New York: Oxford University Press, 2024. 217 pages, Rs. 3,366, ISBN: 978-0-19-776715-3 “Understanding Maritime Security”, the recent book by Professors Christian Bueger and Timothy Edmunds,…