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admin2026-02-02 16:05:432026-02-02 16:14:29REVIEW OF “BLUE ECONOMY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: RESOURCE ECONOMICS, STRATEGIC VISION, AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE”LATEST RESEARCH
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admin2026-02-02 16:05:432026-02-02 16:14:29REVIEW OF “BLUE ECONOMY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: RESOURCE ECONOMICS, STRATEGIC VISION, AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE”
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admin2026-01-31 10:06:502026-02-02 10:14:54BETWEEN CONVERGENCE AND CONSTRAINT — INDIA–EU MARITIME COOPERATION UNDER THE STRATEGIC AGENDA 2025
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admin2026-01-27 09:17:152026-01-27 09:17:15FROM HOST TO RULE-SHAPER? CHINA AND THE POLITICS OF HOSTING THE BBNJ SECRETARIAT
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admin2026-01-24 09:04:082026-01-25 09:04:20LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES FOR ENSURING SUSTAINABLE MARINE FISHERIES IN INDIA
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admin2026-01-22 14:47:182026-01-22 15:07:45NAVIGATING TÜRKIYE’S MARITIME ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIA AND THE PUZZLE OF REGIONAL ALIGNMENT
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admin2026-01-15 10:11:572026-01-15 10:12:19BOOK REVIEW - “SHIPBUILDING TRENDS AND THE RISE OF THE INDO-PACIFIC”
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admin2026-01-11 09:23:052026-01-16 11:53:52BLUE ECONOMY AS FOREIGN POLICY INSTRUMENT: STRATEGIC CONVERGENCES AND INDIA–TAIWAN COOPERATION IN THE INDO-PACIFIC
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admin2026-01-04 09:46:532026-01-05 09:52:10INDIA–NEW ZEALAND FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: STRATEGIC AND MARITIME IMPLICATIONS FOR INDIA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH OCEANIA
REVIEW OF “BLUE ECONOMY OF THE INDIAN OCEAN: RESOURCE ECONOMICS, STRATEGIC VISION, AND ETHICAL GOVERNANCE”
Author: Authors: Ranadhir Mukhopadhyay, Victor J Loveson, Sridhar D Iyer, and PK Sudarsan. CRC Press (Taylor & Francis Group), US & UK 2021. 297 pages, Rs 2963, ISBN: 978-0-367-52382-4 (Paperback) Against the backdrop of intensifying climate change, growing resource pressures, and widening socio-economic inequalities, conventional economic frameworks are under increasing strain. Blue Economy of the Indian […]
BETWEEN CONVERGENCE AND CONSTRAINT — INDIA–EU MARITIME COOPERATION UNDER THE STRATEGIC AGENDA 2025
Author: The India-EU Strategic Agenda 2025 and its Joint Communique represent a qualitative deepening of bilateral engagement at a time of heightened maritime insecurity stretching from the Euro-Atlantic to the Indo-Pacific. Recent political signalling — sustained high-level engagement, the successful conclusion of an India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), the operationalisation of the Trade and […]
FROM HOST TO RULE-SHAPER? CHINA AND THE POLITICS OF HOSTING THE BBNJ SECRETARIAT
Author: China’s formal proposal to host the Secretariat of the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) Agreement, putting forward Xiamen as its prospective location, has drawn both anticipation and apprehension. Submitted on 16 January 2026, just one day before the Agreement’s entry into force, the move was widely interpreted as a deliberate act of diplomatic […]
LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES FOR ENSURING SUSTAINABLE MARINE FISHERIES IN INDIA
Author: Keywords: MARINE FISHERIES, MFRAs, RFMOs, MARITIME ZONES, IUU FISHING, SDG This research-article examines the legal and institutional challenges that hinder India’s efforts to ensure sustainable marine fisheries. It highlights the multiplicity of ministries involved, overlapping mandates, conflicting regulations, the absence of a cohesive national framework, and the urgent need for harmonisation and modernisation. […]
NAVIGATING TÜRKIYE’S MARITIME ENGAGEMENT WITH INDONESIA AND THE PUZZLE OF REGIONAL ALIGNMENT
Author: Abstract: As part of its continuing efforts to expand its reach into the Indian Ocean, Türkiye’s strategy in the region is increasingly shaped by its alignment with Muslim-majority states, with the broader aim of crafting an alternative power bloc to the Saudi-led order—as many scholars interpret it, a step towards realising Ankara’s neo-Ottoman […]
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admin2026-02-05 10:36:472026-02-05 10:36:47PLA NAVY AUGMENTS SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES AT YULIN NAVAL BASE, HAINAN
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admin2026-01-27 15:22:422026-01-27 15:23:36THE PLA NAVY’S DEPERMING RANGES
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admin2026-01-01 15:17:352026-01-02 15:26:08WHY CHINA’S FOURTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LIKELY TO BE NUCLEAR-POWERED
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admin2025-04-11 09:55:242025-04-11 10:13:34CHINA’S ANTARCTIC STATIONS GROW UNABATED
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admin2025-03-24 14:42:232025-03-24 14:48:40CHINA ACCELERATES PAKISTAN'S HANGOR CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAMME
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admin2025-03-17 10:18:412025-03-17 13:35:28CHINA’S MISSILE TEST RANGE IN THE TAKLAMAKAN DESERT
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admin2025-03-10 10:55:262025-03-10 10:55:26CHINA’S DEEP SEA RESEARCH CAPABILITIES PART II - INSTITUTE OF DEEP-SEA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, SANYA CITY
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admin2025-03-04 16:11:062025-03-04 16:11:06CHINA’S DEEP SEA RESEARCH CAPABILITIES: PART I - NATIONAL DEEP SEA CENTER, QINGDAO
PLA NAVY AUGMENTS SHIP REPAIR FACILITIES AT YULIN NAVAL BASE, HAINAN
Author: Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 16 dated 06 Feb 2026 The PLA Navy’s base at Hainan has been growing steadily. While the creation of berthing facilities for aircraft carriers, large combatants as well as nuclear submarines has received much attention, not much has been written about the commensurate enhancement in […]
THE PLA NAVY’S DEPERMING RANGES
Author: Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 15 dated 27 Jan 2026 The PLA Navy gives considerable importance to mine warfare. This can be gauged not only from the large fleet of minesweepers that it operates, but also for the deperming ranges it has built to measure and reduce the magnetic signature […]
WHY CHINA’S FOURTH AIRCRAFT CARRIER IS LIKELY TO BE NUCLEAR-POWERED
Author: Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – Issue No 14 dated 01 Jan 2026 China’s third aircraft carrier, Fujian was commissioned on 05 Nov 2025. She is a substantial departure from her earlier siblings. Gone is the ramp at the bows which has been replaced by three Electro Magnetic Launching Systems (EMALS), thus making the […]
CHINA’S ANTARCTIC STATIONS GROW UNABATED
Author: Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 13 dated 11 Apr 2025 China’s tryst with the Antarctic was led by Guo Kun, a graduate of the PLA Military Institute of Engineering, Harbin. While working at the State Oceanic Administration (SOA), in the early 1980s, he was appointed as Director of the newly […]
CHINA ACCELERATES PAKISTAN’S HANGOR CLASS SUBMARINE PROGRAMME
Author: Rear Admiral Monty Khanna (Retd) – ‘Dabolim Diaries’ Issue No 12 dated 25 Mar 2025 In 2015, Pakistan signed a contract with China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. Ltd (CSOC), for eight S-26 Class submarines at an estimated cost of between four to five billion U.S. dollars. Termed as the Hangor Class Submarine Programme, this […]
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admin2025-12-23 15:54:532026-01-02 15:55:56NMF Engages Pacific Forum Leadership on Indo-Pacific Security and India–US Maritime Cooperation
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admin2025-12-15 14:32:082025-12-22 14:33:53NMF Experts Contribute Maritime Perspectives to Global Dialogue on India and a Multipolar World
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admin2025-12-12 14:35:032025-12-22 14:36:08NMF Senior Fellow Delivers Expert Session on Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
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admin2025-12-10 14:36:132025-12-22 14:37:35NMF–GeoSmart India Collaboration Highlights the Role of Geospatial Intelligence in Maritime Security and the Blue Economy
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admin2025-11-24 14:39:562025-12-22 14:40:45NMF Deputy Director Addresses Leadership Colloquium at Rishihood Foundation Programme
NMF Engages Pacific Forum Leadership on Indo-Pacific Security and India–US Maritime Cooperation
Author: The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) recently held an interaction with senior representatives from the Pacific Forum, focusing on key issues related to Indo-Pacific security, strategic communications, and the evolving India–US defence and maritime partnership. Vice Admiral Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM (Retd), Director-General, NMF, along with Ms Anuttama Banerji, Research Associate, NMF, engaged in […]
NMF Experts Contribute Maritime Perspectives to Global Dialogue on India and a Multipolar World
Author: Representing the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), Captain R S Sawan and Commandant Neeraj Sharma participated in the international conference titled “India and a Multipolar World: Strategic Autonomy, the Indo-Pacific Imperative and Digital Diplomacy”, held in Mumbai. During the conference, Captain R S Sawan articulated India’s evolving maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region and contributed to […]
NMF Senior Fellow Delivers Expert Session on Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
Author: The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) was honoured to have Captain K S Vikramaditya, Senior Fellow, NMF, deliver an in-depth session for 30 officials from Mauritius, Seychelles, the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Secretariat, and the Sardar Swaran Singh Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), as part of the Special Course on Functional Competencies for Smarter Diplomacy. […]
NMF–GeoSmart India Collaboration Highlights the Role of Geospatial Intelligence in Maritime Security and the Blue Economy
Author: The National Maritime Foundation (NMF) partnered with GeoSmart India at its Silver Jubilee flagship event, contributing strategic and analytical insights across two high-impact sessions focused on the convergence of oceans, data, and security. The first panel, titled “Blue Economy and Hydrospatial Infrastructure: Unlocking Marine Potential through Hydrospatial Intelligence”, was moderated by Dr Chime Youdon. The […]
NMF Deputy Director Addresses Leadership Colloquium at Rishihood Foundation Programme
Author: Captain Y P Sharma, IN, Deputy Director at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), participated as a distinguished speaker at the Leadership Colloquium, a flagship course under the Rishihood Foundation Programme conducted by the Rashtram School of Public Leadership. The Leadership Colloquium is an innovative academic initiative aimed at reimagining leadership development in higher education through […]