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COASTAL SECURITY IN INDIA: TWELVE YEARS AFTER ‘26/11’
INTRODUCTION
It has been twelve years since the heinous attack on Mumbai on 26 November 2020. While ‘coastal border management’ was institutionalised in 2004 with the establishment of the Department of Border Management (DoBM) in the…

CLIMATE RISKS TO INDIA’S HOLISTIC MARITIME SECURITY- PART 3: COLLAPSING OCEAN BIODIVERSITY
This article constitutes the third part of an ongoing series relating to a comprehensive research-project, being undertaken by the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), on the impacts of climate change on India’s holistic maritime security. …

EXPANSION OF THE NATIONAL CADET CORPS IN COASTAL DISTRICTS: STRENGTHENING LOCAL CAPACITIES FOR MARITIME SECURITY
Introduction
The genesis of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) is intricately linked to the India-Pakistan War of 1947-48. The war highlighted the need for sufficient strength of reserves who could take up arms when required. This found…

SEA LEVEL RISE AND CLIMATE REFUGEES: A CASE OF INADEQUATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Key messages >>>
If we are able to make right choices to arrest the increase in greenhouse gas emissions now, the impact of sea level rise can be reduced to an extent and so can the number of climate refugees.
Overall, climate…

CLIMATE RISKS TO INDIA’S HOLISTIC MARITIME SECURITY PART 2: INTENSIFYING EXTREME WEATHER
The phenomenon of climate change has several significant and serious socio-economic implications for all nations around the world, largely because most of our activities have historically evolved around a relatively stable climate over nearly…

INDIA'S PROPOSED MARITIME STRATEGY
India’s maritime strategy must necessarily be the aggregate of the individual strategies that the country formulates and executes for the preservation, pursuit, promotion, and protection of the six principal maritime interests of India, viz.,
1.…


PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF INDIA’S CRITICAL MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE: Part 2: MARITIME ENERGY SECTOR
The impact of the energy sector upon other sectors of the economy, especially in a severely energy-deficient country like India, is inordinately large. As such, its criticality is commensurately high. The production and supply of energy resources…


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…

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…
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Quadrilateral Diginar Series on Blue Economy-India’s Pathway to a Sustainable, Secure and Resilient Economy- 1st Diginar on “Holistic Maritime Security in The Indian Ocean Region: Pursuing A Sustainable and Secure Blue Economy”
The past decade or so has witnessed a distinct evolution in the way “Blue Economy” has been perceived and its linkages with “Holistic Maritime Security” are more evident and complex. For India there is an intrinsic link between the…