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STRENGTHENING NEARCOAST SEARCH AND RESCUE: A WHOLE-OF-SOCIETY APPROACH

Coastal States are required to establish, operate and maintain effective Search and Rescue (SAR) services.  India’s responsibilities for such services, which begins from its coast, extends over an expansive region, and necessitates the use…
Indian Navy

HOLISTIC MARITIME SECURITY CHALLENGES FACING INDIA: MITIGATION IMPERATIVES AND OPTIONS

India, by virtue of having a large coastal frontage in the northern Indian Ocean, is faced with a wide range of maritime security challenges in both, traditional and non-traditional domains. While traditional threats arise primarily on account…
Diplomatist

THE EUROPEAN UNION, INDIA, AND THE INDO-PACIFIC: INSIGHTS FOR STRATEGIC, PRIVILEGED AND SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIPS

  In the present century, the Indo-Pacific region has emerged as a seedbed of both confrontation and cooperation.  Outside of the moves and countermoves of the USA and China are two other major players, namely, the EU and India.  Concerted…

INTERNATIONAL STRAITS OF RELEVANCE TO INDIA

Abstract International straits, by way of geography—resulting in their reference as ‘choke points’—and function, are a crucial component of the maritime domain.  This is particularly true of the Indian Ocean Region within which India…
UNI

MARITIME DIMENSIONS OF SMUGGLING IN INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT

Introduction In a series of articles published since 2020, assessments on non-traditional maritime security threats to India, such as armed robbery, climate change, drug trafficking have been made.  This article explores the maritime dimensions…

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN INDIA: THE SECURITY DIMENSION

Biodiversity Conservation and Maritime Security Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is defined as the “variability among living organisms from all sources including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the…

THE US INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY 2022: AN ANALYSIS

Introduction In its 2019 “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report”, the US emphasised preparedness, partnerships, and the promotion of a networked region to realise a free and open, safe, secure, and prosperous region.  Moving ahead, its 2022 Indo-Pacific…
Sailors TV

LEGACIES & LEARNINGS: A CASE STUDY OF OIL SPILLS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION

Oil spills cause severe distress to marine and coastal ecosystems and impair the livelihoods and health of people who are dependent on these ecosystems.  These impacts have been studied and documented for decades, which has led to more effective…
Office of the Director of National Intelligence

WIDENING THE APERTURE: “CLIMATE CHANGE AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSES INCREASING CHALLENGES TO US NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH 2040”

A review of National Intelligence Council, “Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040” National Intelligence Estimate, NIC-NIE-2021-10030-A (2021) The collective failure of States…
Image Credits- PRO Defence Gujarat Twitter handle- The Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti Terrorism Squad apprehended a Pakistani boat with 77 kg of heroine worth 400 crores, on 20 December 2021.

DRUG TRAFFICKING IN INDIA: MARITIME DIMENSIONS

Introduction  Earlier this month, on 04 December 2021, at an event to commemorate the 64th foundation day of the Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), the Honourable Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Shrimati Nirmala Seetharaman,…

KUNMING COP15: MAPPING LINKAGES BETWEEN BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

The birth of the current climate change regime was a product of a series of events that unfolded with the end of the Cold War and the simultaneous rise of the era of globalisation.  On the heels of an evolving understanding of the threat of…
MARINE POLICING AND MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIA: EVOLVING DIMENSIONSImage Credits - Times of India

MARINE POLICING AND MARITIME SECURITY IN INDIA: EVOLVING DIMENSIONS

   Introduction                                                                                  While navies and coast guards dominate the discourse on maritime security, marine units of…

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