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INDIA AND THE COLOMBO SECURITY CONCLAVE — STRENGTHENING SUB-REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY

                                       India’s approach to “Constructive Engagement” in the maritime domain presently rests on five distinct, yet complementary, lines-of-thrust.  The first is…

LESSONS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT — LEGAL OPTIONS FOR REFLAGGING MERCHANT SHIPS OWNED BY INDIAN CITIZENS

                                       Keywords: Compellence, Re-Flagging, Registration, Energy Security, Supply-Chain Security, Legal Statecraft, Legislative Innovation, Statutory Interpretation, Strategic…

BUILDING AN INDIA–GREECE PARTNERSHIP IN UNDERWATER CULTURAL HERITAGE

                                       The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) is undertaking a series of comparative studies involving countries that have developed advanced legal, institutional, and…

THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AWARD CHINA COULD HAVE ABSORBED

                                       China’s rejection of the 2016 South China Sea arbitral award is often read as proof of resolve. But calibrated compliance may have served Beijing’s long-term…

IMEC AFTER THE FIRE: FROM CONNECTIVITY CORRIDOR TO INDO-PACIFIC RESILIENCE ARCHITECTURE

           In September 2023, at the G20 Summit in New Delhi, eight parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), a multimodal connectivity framework linking India…

INDIA’S MARITIME CONSCIOUSNESS — THE NICOBARESE OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

                                       Keywords: Nicobarese, Maritime Knowledge, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Maritime Anthropology, Austroasiatic Migration, Andaman and Nicobar Islands,…

SECURING MARITIME INTERESTS IN THE PACIFIC — ADVANCING THE INDIA–PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARTNERSHIP

                                       Strategic Overview  The Indo-Pacific has assumed very considerable strategic importance in global geopolitics, elevating the significance of every segment and…

A LEGAL SCAFFOLDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A ‘STRATEGIC MERCHANT FLEET’ IN INDIA — IDENTIFYING INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES

                                       With less than 6% of India’s overseas trade being carried on Indian-flagged or Indian-owned vessels till FY19, the reliance of Indian trade upon foreign-flagged…

EVALUATING THE INDIA–ROK THOOTHUKUDI GREENFIELD SHIPYARD MOU

                                                                             Keywords: India–Republic of Korea Relations; Shipbuilding; VOYAGES Framework; Thoothukudi…

REVIEW OF “BLUE SECURITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC”

                                         Editors: Ian Hall, Troy Lee-Brown, and Rebecca Strating. Routledge, Abingdon and New York, 2025. 248 pages, Rs 10,221, ISBN: 978-1-032-69289-0 (Hardback) Against…

“AGENDA 2030” —  INDIA’S STRATEGIC ADAPTATION AND GREECE’S NEW VISION OF DETERRENCE

                                         Abstract Greece is entering a period when deterrence can no longer be understood solely in terms of possessing advanced platforms. Rafale fighter jets,…

INTERNATIONAL LAW AND OCEAN GOVERNANCE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC — UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC HABITAT DEGRADATION FROM COMMERCIAL SHIPPING

                                       Keywords: International Maritime Organisation, International Shipping Lanes, Underwater Radiated Noise, Indo-Pacific, BBNJ The Indo-Pacific region has emerged…

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