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FRANCE: MAKE IN INDIA AND THE INDO-PACIFIC CONNECT

Much has been said about the delivery of the first two Scorpene submarines from France to India, and especially about the associated technology transfer, allowing India to consider the construction of the next four engines on its own. However,…

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GROWING SALIENCE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN COMMISSION:WHAT HAS CHANGED FOR INDIA AS AN OBSERVER

Introduction The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is a regional forum in the Southwest Indian Ocean, comprising five nations – Comoros, France (Reunion), Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles. It is the only African organisation…

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MALDIVES TO INDIA

The Republic of the Maldives, which is located in the Indian Ocean, is an archipelago comprising approximately 1,200 islands with a geographical spread of over 90,000 sq.km. Incorporating some 26 atolls, the Maldives is one of the world’s…

CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITIES OF THE MALDIVES: IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA

This article addresses some of the more prominent environmental challenges faced by the Maldives, which exemplifies those faced by low-lying island-states due to rising sea-levels as a consequence of climate-change, irrespective of whether such…

EXAMINING FOOD-SECURITY AS A DRIVER OF JAPAN’S LONG-TERM PRESENCE IN THE INDIAN OCEAN: PART 1

Jay Maniyar, Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation

LET THE QUAD DIE: TOWARDS GREATER INDIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE INDO-PACIFIC

The Indian invitation to leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping to attend the second swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a number of significant implications. For one, it is a sign that the current Indian establishment thinks…

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…

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…

FIVE YEARS OF CHINA’S BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE (BRI): REVISITING BRI IN TANDEM WITH THE MALACCA DILEMMA

Introduction Five years ago, in September and October of the year 2013, the ‘Chinese Marshall Plan’ or the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was unveiled in Kazakhstan and Indonesia by Premier Xi Jinping. Done to ‘enhance regional connectivity’,…

AN OPENING FOR INDIA IN THE MALDIVES

The results of the Maldivian elections, held on 23rd September, have surprised many, particularly in India. The authoritarian tendencies of President Yameen and news emanating from Male thus far had suggested that the Maldivian strongman may…

TRUMP'S TRADE WAR: A NEW THREAT TO THE 'QUAD'

The spillover of India’s determination to counter US trade threats could endanger nascent security dialogues in the Indo-Pacific. The idea of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or Quad, as it is often called, was mooted by Japanese premier…

INDIA AND INDONESIA- STRENGTHENING MARITIME RELATIONS

India and Indonesia are maritime neighbours with a symbiotic relationship which can be utilised towards developing maritime cooperation in the region. The distance between India's Andaman Islands and Indonesia's Aceh is not more than 80 nautical…