The Strait of Hormuz constitutes a critical chokepoint in the global energy architecture, rendering India’s energy security structurally vulnerable to disruptions arising from regional instability and maritime insecurity. With a significant...
The relationship between the Maldives and India has significantly grown over the years, with the two countries working together on different sectors, such as education, health, and humanitarian assistance. This partnership is being reinforc...
The large region including the Indian Ocean and the western and central Pacific Oceans is referred to as the Indo-Pacific. It is a dynamic and important strategic region that has recently drawn more attention.The name "Indo-Pacific" emphasi...
The actions of Chinese survey ships in the Indian Ocean have recently attracted a lot of interest. These survey ships have been operating in the area on a variety of missions while carrying cutting-edge equipment and research instruments. T...
Turkey was able to create a lethal fusion of its electronic warfare systems. Turkey has been projecting its power recently by showing its indigenous and cost-effective military developments. This fusion secured a strategic edge for Turkey i...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are dominating the battlefields in combat in the twenty-first century. The current confrontation between Russia and Ukraine, which involved the deployment of drones, has caused both nations to recon...
The suspicions of Hambantota port as a site of a potential threat from China were tested when a Chinese survey vessel was supposed to dock at the port. Yuan Wang 5, a research vessel with missile and satellite tracking capabilities, was due...
Maritime Doman Awareness (MDA) is a tool for ensuring maritime security by developing a full picture of all activities and a practical understanding of the oceanic environment to safeguard the security and sovereignty of nations.
The history of Indian civilization has been tightly connected to the high seas around its territory. However, many scholars have repeatedly argued that India has a continental bias in its security policy. This led to a neglect of the mariti...
The developments in South China Sea have been a matter of concern for all the littoral countries in its periphery as well as the dialogue partners. This year has been very eventful in the context of tensions between US and China in the cont...
With the global attention shifting towards the East from the West boasting on the Indo-Pacific by altering the Euro-Atlantic worldview, India and China have become ocean-oriented and increasingly gathering resources to outcompete others to ...
China’s increasing military build-up in South China Sea islands under its control has become a matter of global concern. The militaristic approach and the assertive posture adopted by China has few intrinsic objectives. China has been condu...
