Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan
Emerging Focus on Islands in Pacific
The 21st century is spoken of as the century of the seas. Globalization of trade and commerce and the increasing liberalisation and interlinking of economies towards the end of the…
Maritime Cyber Security Concerns
The globalisation of trade and commerce as well as increasing liberalisation has resulted in interlinking of economies of nations towards the end of the last century. Development of newer technologies…
Indian Maritime Legacy and Way Ahead
National Maritime Day It was on 5th April 1919 that SS Loyalty belonging to the Scindia Steam Navigation Company Ltd an Indian owned company, set sail from Bombay to London…
Significance of Joint Maritime Exercises
Relevance of Joint Military Exercises Joint Military Exercises are often used by nations to display their military might by showcasing weapons, systems and well-trained soldiers. Such exercises could be…
Future of Manned Maritime Air Operations
Debate on Manned vs Unmanned Aircraft Elon Musk speaking at a US Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium in February 2020, remarked that the era of fighter jets was over…
People’s Liberation Army Navy: A Review
Need for a Maritime Force Towards the end of the 20th century, China that over the centuries, barring limited periods, had been a nation with a continental outlook started increasingly…
Indo–Pacific Oceans Initiative
Concept of Indo-Pacific Eminent historian and scholar Radhakumud Mookerjee in his seminal work on Indian Shipping, while tracing the history of maritime activities of Indians from historic times, brought out…
Revival of Maritime Outlook in Modern India: The Role of KM Panikkar
It is apparent that 21st century India is once again looking towards oceans for her security and economic prosperity. Her interactions with nations across the entire Indo-Pacific and beyond are…
Indo-Pacific: An Emerging Outlook for the 21st Century
Strategically located in the Indian Ocean, India was a flourishing economic and cultural centre from the dawn of civilisation. As historian KM Panikkar in his seminal work ‘India and the…
The Indian Navy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
The economic importance of oceans to nations is well known. Nearly 80 percent of the world trade by volume is carried out through ships and this includes the energy needs…
Economic and Strategic Importance of Sea in Modern Indian Context
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was very perceptive in stating that “By and large it can be said that even in the past and remote ages, it was the seafaring nations that…
