Saaz Lahiri

Saaz Lahiri

Research Associate

Areas of Research

  • India’s Engagement with the European Union and its constituent member-States within the maritime reaches of the Indo-Pacific.
  • Maritime Security Spoke of the Indo-Pacific Ocean’s Initiative.
  • Revival of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue 2.0
  • India in Asian Geopolitics; Diplomacy and Statecraft

Experience

1) Content Supervisor – Radical Travel and Living
2) Research Intern  –  Prof. Pratyay Nath (Ashoka Univerity)
3) Editor (Outreach) – The Edict (Ashoka Newspaper)
3) Research Intern – National Maritime Foundation.

Education

Secondary Education – Navy Children School, Mumbai.
B.A. in International Relations and History – Ashoka University.
Diploma in Advance Studies and Research – Ashoka University

All Publications

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BETWEEN CONVERGENCE AND CONSTRAINT — INDIA–EU MARITIME COOPERATION UNDER THE STRATEGIC AGENDA 2025

Author:     The India-EU Strategic Agenda 2025 and its Joint Communique represent a qualitative deepening of bilateral engagement at a time of heightened maritime insecurity stretching from the Euro-Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific.  Recent political signalling — sustained high-level engagement, the successful conclusion of an India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the operationalisation of the Trade and […]
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THE POWER OF THREE AT SEA: INDIA’S TRILATERAL PARTNERSHIPS IN ACTION

Author: KEY WORDS: TRILATERALS, CRITICAL MINERALS, INDIA-FRANCE, SUBMARINE CABLES. Trilaterals represent a pragmatic diplomatic relationship designed to overcome the inherent limitations of both, purely bilateral engagements (which often have limited reach and scope) and unwieldy multilateral forums (which are frequently hampered by slow decision-making and outcomes that reflect the lowest common denominator).  By creating a flexible, […]
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FROM HAMBURG TO THE INDIAN OCEAN: SECURING MARITIME HORIZONS

Author: Key Words:   MARITIME COOPERATION, BAYERN, IPOI, INDO-PACIFIC DEPLOYMENT 2024, ESIWA In making a set of policy-relevant recommendations to the Government of India that would be mutually beneficial to both India and Germany, this article outlines a few significant ongoing endeavours in the Indo-Pacific relevant to maritime security cooperation between India and Germany.  In so […]
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SPAIN’S NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY 2024: AN ANALYSIS

Author: Key Words: Maritime Security, National Strategy, SDG 14, Shipbuilding, European Union, Spain. India The author would like to thank Ms Anuttama Banerjee, Junior Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, for her contribution to this article. This article seeks to: (a) highlight the major features of Spain’s newly updated “National Strategy for Maritime Security 2024”, providing policymakers […]
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION’s KEY MARITIME SECURITY ENGAGEMENTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN

Author: Abstract The European Union (EU) is striving to increase its footprint in the Indo-Pacific as a reliable ‘maritime security provider’.  In February of 2022, cognisant of the different outlooks, visions and guidelines promulgated by Australia, ASEAN, Japan, and three EU member-states, namely, France, Germany, and Netherlands, the EU enunciated its Indo-Pacific strategy, entitled the ‘EU […]