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SHOULD INDIA BAIL OUT A DEBT-RIDDEN MALDIVES?

Maldives has borrowed heavily from China in the last five years putting it at serious risk of debt distress. Now Male has sought support from India to tide over its financial problems. The Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid along with…

TEN YEARS AFTER '26/11': A PARADIGM SHIFT IN MARITIME SECURITY GOVERNANCE IN INDIA?

On 26 November 2008 (‘26/11’), a group of terrorists from Pakistan undertook attacks at several locations in Mumbai.[1] The siege ended three days later. By then, the terrorists had killed or injured more than 400 people.[2] The terrorists…

BIMSTEC AND MARITIME SECURITY: ISSUES, IMPERATIVES AND WAY AHEAD

Oddly, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a sub-regional grouping named after a sea body, but the graphics in its logo are devoid of blue colour. Of course, the etymology of BIMSTEC…

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…

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS- GLUG GLUG GLUG.... REALLY? SIGNIFICANCE OF CARRIER BORNE AIRPOWER FOR INDIA

In his recent article published by the Lowy Institute, titled “Glug, Glug, Glug: India’s interest in unsinkable Aircraft Carriers”, David Brewster[1], probes India’s medium term plan to develop into a three carrier fleet. Brewster cites…

RELEVANCE OF AIRCRAFT CARRIERS FOR INDIA: AN ASSESSMENT

Introduction The epic sea battles between aircraft carriers never recurred after the Second World War. In the post-war period, most carriers began to retire without even having participated in battle. Many countries that possessed carriers…

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…

THE FOCUS IS ON INDO-PACIFIC

In the taxonomy of ‘Geopolitics’ and ‘Geo-strategy’, the prefix ‘geo’ refers to a country’s strategic geography, which is the core underpinning of its national-strategy. Geopolitics involves the satiation of the country’s geo-economic…

COMCASA – WIND-VANE OF INDIAN FOREIGN POLICY?!

The United States has been prodding India to sign the communications, compatibility and security agreement, better known as COMCASA, for more than a decade. COMCASA is a version of CISMOA (Communication interoperability and Security memorandum…

COMMUNITY-ENGAGED MARITIME SECURITY: BEYOND 'EYES AND EARS'

In March 2018, as per media reports, Neil Basu, the Scotland Yard’s newly appointed Indian-origin Assistant Commissioner of Police responsible for counter-terrorism, launched a new campaign to urge the public to fight terrorism. According…

Navies of India, the United States, Japan, and Australia participating in the second phase of the 24th edition of the Malabar naval exercise, in the Arabian Sea

Image courtesy- Indian Navy Website https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/malabar-exercise-20

REVISITNG ‘SAGAR’ – INDIA'S TEMPLATE FOR COOPERATION IN THE INDIAN OCEAN REGION

The month of March 2018 marks three years since the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi first enunciated India’s vision for the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) commonly known by its acronym - SAGAR (Security and Growth for All in the Region). In…

MARITIME DIMENSION OF HYBRID WARFARE – THE INDIAN CONTEXT

(This is a revised extract of chapter titled “India’s Strategic Landscape, Hybrid Threats and Likely Operational Scenarios” jointly authored by Gurmeet Kanwal, Syed Ata Hasnain, Gurpreet S Khurana and Manmohan Bahadur, in Satish Kumar…