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Image Credits: The WireINDIA AND CHINA: REDEFINING SECURITY AND EMERGING SYNERGY
An impending strategic contest between China and India in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) where both the Asian behemoths jostle for power and influence, in ways reminiscent of the US-Soviet rivalry of the cold war days, is well discussed in existing…
Image Credits: The Jakarta PostINDIA AND INDONESIA: TRANSLATING STRATEGIC CONVERGENCE INTO MARITIME COOPERATION
Background
Geographic proximity, cultural similarities, anti-colonialism and the spirit of AfroAsian solidarity have been the guiding pillars of India-Indonesia relationship. This was seen in the first Asia-Africa Conference in Bandung in…
Image Credits: ThoughtCoSILK, COTTON AND CINNAMON: MARITIME RENAISSANCE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN
Introduction
The Indian Ocean region covers an area of 73,556,000 square miles and links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Being the third largest ocean in the world, it also encompasses many regional seas: the Arabian Sea, the Andaman Sea,…
Image Credits: The Better IndiaINTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEWS: SHOWCASING INDIA’S NAVAL ORIENTATION
“From the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, the sea is one. Because the sea poses a common challenge, those who traversed it depended on each other and developed a special bond. Seafarers of the world, represented…
Image Credit- The New Indian Express‘NET SECURITY PROVIDER’ DEFINED: AN ANALYSIS OF INDIA’S NEW MARITIME STRATEGY-2015
During the Naval Commanders Conference held in New Delhi on 26 October 2015, the Indian Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar released India’s revised maritime-military strategy titled, ‘Ensuring …
Image Credit - The HinduDEEP-SEA FISHING: A SOLUTION TO INDIA-SRI LANKA FISHING ISSUE?
After being elected for the fourth term as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe chose India as his first destination for a foreign visit. He met the Indian …
Image Credit- The Hindu REASSERTION Of INDIA-US-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA QUADRILATERAL
During his visit to India in early September 2015, the Australian Defence Minister, Kevin Andrews acknowledged India's critical role in supporting security, stability and prosperity of the Indian …
Image Credit- The Japan Times‘INDO-PACIFIC’: EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS AND DYNAMICS
‘Indo-Pacific’ is a relatively new and evolving concept, whose usage in foreign policy and strategic articulations has gained much currency in the recent past. The ‘rise’ of Asia— particularly China and India—have made …
