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THE INDO-PACIFIC LEGACY OF ABE SHINZO
Over the week that has elapsed since the tragic loss of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in his home country on the 8th of July 2022, the world has witnessed a deluge of eulogies for this charismatic world leader…

THE EUROPEAN UNION, INDIA, AND THE INDO-PACIFIC: INSIGHTS FOR STRATEGIC, PRIVILEGED AND SUSTAINED PARTNERSHIPS
In the present century, the Indo-Pacific region has emerged as a seedbed of both confrontation and cooperation. Outside of the moves and countermoves of the USA and China are two other major players, namely, the EU and India. Concerted…

NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ADAPTIVE GEOSTRATEGIES TO ADDRESS CLIMATE-CHANGE: AN INDIAN AND AN ISRAELI PERSPECTIVE
Abstract
The issue of climate change continues to hog the lime-light. Even though there is no unanimity in the scientific community about the rate at which climate change is actually occurring, there is no doubt that climate change is actually…

SHEIKH HASINA’S VISIT TO INDIA: CONSOLIDATING MARITIME COOPERATION
The Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was on a State visit to India from 7-10 April 2017. India and Bangladesh not only share a land border, but also a common maritime boundary with both being littoral countries of Bay of Bengal and…

THE MARITIME DIMENSION IN SAARC: REDEFINING RELATIONS
Introduction
On 8 December 2016, the member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the SAARC Secretariat, SAARC regional institutions and the academia observed the 32nd SAARC Charter Day. 1 It was on this…

BLUE ECONOMY: EXPANDING INDIA-US MARITIME COOPERATION
The contemporary Maritime discourse on India US relations is highly skewed towards strategic issues led by the recent signing of the Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), and two other similar agreements are under active consideration…

MODI’S VISIT TO EAST AFRICA: TRANSFORMING HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIPS INTO MODERN PARTNERSHIPS
The Indian Prime Minister Modi visited Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya - all situated on the east coast of Africa- in July this year. These maritime neighbours are connected by the Indian Ocean which has facilitated movement of…

MALDIVES PRESIDENT VISITS INDIA: BILATERAL PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL SECURITY
On 11 April 2016, the President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom said in New Delhi, “The reason I visited India today is to express my appreciation for the very steadfast leadership India has shown in protecting Maldives in the CMAG…

INDIA AND MALDIVES: A TRIUMPH FOR MARITIME DIPLOMACY
The Indian Navy deployed an Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Mk –III aircraft together with aircrew and a support team to Maldives on 27th April, to assist the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) in “coastal surveillance and reconnaissance”.…

INDIA 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…

COMMON PUBLIC GOOD AT SEA: EVOLVING ARCHITECTURE IN THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
The concept of ‘Common Public Good(s) at Sea’ has lately gained much traction in the context of maritime safety and security in the Afro-Asian swath of the Indo-Pacific region.i As the centre-of-gravity of world’s economic power shifts…