THE THEMATIC PUBLICATION SERIES OF THE NATIONAL MARITIME FOUNDATION
Maritime
Perspectives
Curated collections of NMF scholarship exploring the regions, ideas, challenges and opportunities shaping holistic maritime security.
THE READING ROOM
One series.
Many maritime worlds.
Maritime Perspectives transforms individual research articles into carefully curated thematic collections, allowing readers to examine complex maritime questions through multiple scholarly and policy perspectives.
Established
More than a decade of thematic maritime scholarship.
Collections
Annual, regional and subject-specific compilations.
Open Access
Publications available for researchers to read online.
THE LATEST SHELF
Maritime Perspectives 2025
Five contemporary thematic collections bringing together NMF research across security, resilience, multilateralism, the Indo-Pacific and India’s maritime consciousness.
MARITIME PERSPECTIVES · 2025
Hard Security Issues
Examining evolving warfare, strategic competition, military capability and contemporary hard-security challenges.
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MARITIME PERSPECTIVES · 2025
The Blue Economy and Resilience
Research on sustainable ocean development, coastal resilience and the transition towards blue economies.
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MARITIME PERSPECTIVES · 2025
Maritime Security and Multilateral Constructs
Exploring the expanding role of institutions, partnerships and collective action in maritime security.
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MARITIME PERSPECTIVES · 2025
A Sweep Across the Indo-Pacific
A wide-ranging examination of maritime developments and strategic relationships across the Indo-Pacific.
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MARITIME PERSPECTIVES · 2025
Enhancing India’s Maritime Consciousness
Exploring India’s maritime inheritance, identity, awareness and contemporary ocean-facing outlook.
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SPECIAL COLLECTION
Arctic Perspectives
A dedicated examination of the strategic, economic, environmental and geopolitical transformations unfolding across the Arctic maritime domain.
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Scholarship organised for deeper understanding
“ Maritime Perspectives brings connected strands of research together, enabling the reader to examine a single maritime question through multiple disciplines, geographies and policy lenses ” .
Published by the National Maritime Foundation since 2014, the series compiles thematically arranged research originally published through the NMF’s research platform.
Each collection offers a structured entry point into a major maritime subject, making dispersed scholarship easier to locate, compare and use.
Research
Original NMF scholarship examining contemporary maritime questions.
Curation
Related articles are organised into coherent thematic collections.
Publication
The resulting volumes are made available as complete downloadable editions.
EDITORIAL STEWARDSHIP
Guiding the publication series
EDITOR, MARITIME PERSPECTIVES
Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan
AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd)
Providing editorial direction to the thematic publication series and its contribution to holistic maritime scholarship.
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Commodore Manish Sinha, IN (Retd)
Captain Bharat Deep Gaur, IN (Retd)
Captain Kamlesh K Agnihotri, IN (Retd)
Captain KS Vikramaditya, IN
Captain Ranendra S Sawan, IN
CONTRIBUTE TO NMF SCHOLARSHIP
Research that may become part of a future collection
Maritime Perspectives draws upon research published through the NMF platform. Authors may contribute full-length articles, focused commentaries and critical book reviews.
Full-Length Article
A substantive research contribution presenting a clear and original argument.
Short Commentary
A focused analytical intervention on a contemporary maritime issue.
Book Review
A critical evaluation of a work relevant to maritime scholarship and policy.
READY TO CONTRIBUTE?
Share research that advances maritime debate.
Manuscript essentials
Articles should be submitted in editable .doc or .docx format. A full-length article should include a concise summary, six relevant keywords and the author’s institutional and contact information.
Book-review essentials
Reviews should provide critical evaluation rather than merely summarising the book. They should consider the purpose, method, strengths, weaknesses and contemporary relevance of the work.
Rights and permissions
Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for third-party copyrighted material. Publication and reproduction remain subject to the applicable policies of the National Maritime Foundation.
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