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MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY IN INDIA: FISHERIES “MCS” A KEY ENABLER

Introduction India has close to 2,60,000 registered fishing vessels.[1] These include deep-sea fishing vessels (61), motorised mechanical vessels (62,130), motorised non-mechanical vessels (1,40,272) and non-motorised/traditional boats…

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MARITIME AIDS TO NAVIGATION IN INDIA: STRENGTHENING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS AND SECURITY

Introduction On 02 March 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while inaugurating the Maritime India Summit 2021, highlighted the government’s plan to develop tourism around lighthouses.[1] Later that month, during his monthly interaction…

MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS IN INDIA: SHIFTING PARADIGMS

Introduction Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) has been defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as “the effective understanding of any activity associated with the maritime environment that could impact upon the security,…

REFLECTIONS ON INDIA’S VIKRANT-CENTRIC CARRIER BATTLE GROUP

The successful completion of the five-day sea trials (from 04 to 08 August 2021) of the long-delayed indigenous aircraft carrier, the new Vikrant, is a seminal event and one that has been justifiably met with elation and a palpable sense of…

NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTIVE GEOSTRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-CHANGE: AN INDIAN AND AN ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE

Abstract The issue of climate change continues to hog the lime-light. Even though there is no unanimity in the scientific community about the rate at which climate change is actually occurring, there is no doubt that climate change is actually…

ENHANCING MARITIME DOMAIN AWARENESS IN THE INDO-PACIFIC AND THE EASTERN MEDITERRENEAN REGIONS: INDIAN AND ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE

This research paper is a product of the research collaboration between the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi and the Maritime Policy and Strategy Research Center, Haifa University (HMS), Israel, with the aim of providing policy recommendations…

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STEMMING THE RISING TIDE — OCEANS AND THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE

The crisis of anthropogenic climate change has been framed in myriad ways, often oscillating between a wide array of definitions, political ideologies, economic pathways, and moral principles. Translating such a diverse and polarised debate…

THE FUKUSHIMA CONUNDRUM: OCEAN DISPOSAL OF NUCLEAR WASTE

The Japanese Prime Minister, Mr Yoshihide Suga, recently made public a plan to discharge 1.25 million tonnes of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean, describing it as his country’s “most realistic…

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘AUSTRALIA ECONOMIC STRATEGY REPORT’

The “Australia Economic Strategy (AES) Report” has been put together by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler) KPMG under the leadership of former Ambassador Anil Wadhwa, who retired…

IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA OF NOCTILUCA SCINTILLANS IN THE MARITIME DOMAIN

In October 2020, bright blue sparkling waters were reported on the shores of the western Indian coasts, which were presented with excitement by residents of coastal cities and tourists in the face of the cold and demeaning fervour of the ongoing…

APPLYING THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR TO THE CYBER SECURITY DOMAIN

Anyone who has spent a significant period of time within the Information Security (InfoSec) industry would recognise the industry’s felt need to reinvent itself at regular intervals. This author has always found this to be a rather defeatist…

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PEERING DOWN THE HATCH: A QUICK PEEK AT INDIA'S SUBMARINE-WORLD

A Hindi translation of this article has been published in the April-May 2021 issue of “Defence Monitor” (Vol 9, Issue-4), a leading Hindi language defence magazine published in India. This English version is published with permission…