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CHINA IN THE MIDDLE EAST: EXPANDING POLITICAL CLOUT AND MARITIME SPACE

Despite being a relatively new entrant in the Middle East, China, with its ambitious leadership and ever-expanding range of interests, (not least amongst which remains the security of its energy supplies from the region), has now begun to pay…

THE AMERICAN SANCTIONS ON IRAN AND IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA:PART 1

The decision of the Trump administration to end waivers for the import of Iranian oil to India has ended the almost 12 year-long diplomatic tightrope that India has been walking since sanctions were first imposed on Iran through…

INDIA AS A CHALLENGE TO CHINA'S BRI

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was announced by President Xi Jinping in 2013, comprising both the land-based Silk Road Economic Belt (launched in August 2013) and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (introduced…

INDIAN MARITIME PARADIPLOMACY: CONNECTING SUB-NATIONAL NAUTICAL DOTS

INDIA IN THE INDO-PACIFIC ‘REGIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX’

INDIA'S ENDEAVOUR TO REBOOT SHIPPING INDUSTRY: RATIONALE AND IMPLICATIONS

QUADRILATERAL SECURITY DIALOGUE (QSD) AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR INDIA

CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO VERDICT OF INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE

On 25 February 2019, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered its verdict in favour of Mauritius, over the sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago and asked the United Kingdom (UK) to hand over the disputed islands to the former. It…

NAVAL AIR STATIONS AS CATALYSTS FOR STATE ECONOMIES

In recent days, some newspapers in Goa have reported on issues of No Objection Certificates (NOC) that the Indian Navy provides for certain buildings, development and infrastructure at a specified radius around the Naval Air Station (NAS), Dabolim.…

POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA: CHINA AND THE MARITIME DIMENSION

In late October 2018, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena set off a constitutional crisis by sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him by Sirisena’s predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa. i With Sirisena later dissolving…

VIZHINJAM PORT: A MARITIME- STRATEGIC CAPITAL?

KENYA, ANOTHER CHINESE TAKEOVER IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION?

The spectre of the takeover of another strategically located port by China in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is looming large these days. In Kenya, a leaked report from the Auditor-General's office states that the terms of a loan taken by Nairobi…