Research Fellow, IDSA, Cdr Abhijit Singh’s article on India-US Maritime Relationship, titled ‘Shared Destiny in the Asian Commons: Evaluating the India-U.S. Maritime Relationship’ was published in The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) on October 22, 2015.
The fractious nature of maritime relations in the Asia-Pacific region is a recognisable feature of international geopolitics today. Following China’s massive reclamation and ‘island-building’ project in the South China Sea recently, many Pacific states have moved to bolster their maritime postures. While Japan has sought legislative amendments to liberate its maritime posture from post-war passivism, Vietnam and the Philippines have been building stronger navies aimed at countering China’s hostile moves in the South China Sea.
Nothing conveys strategic intent as effectively as the large conventional warship whose mere presence can provide a decisive psychological advantage in strategic scenarios.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Cdr Abhijit Singh’s article, titled ‘An emerging security quartet in the Indo-Pacific?’ was published in ‘The Interpreter’ on September 25, 2015.
By engaging GCC navies through joint exercises, port calls, and training programmes, the Navy has successfully created a durable template of maritime relations in the Western Indian Ocean.
Research Fellow, IDSA, Cdr Abhijit Singh’s article, titled ‘Anti-Submarine Operations in the Indian Ocean’ was published in The Diplomat on September 9, 2015.
A growing Sino-Russian-Pakistani maritime nexus in the IOR poses a challenge to India’s influence in the Indian Ocean and heralds a potential change in the Asian balance of maritime power.
China’s new military strategy as it applies to the Indian Ocean is not a matter of a minor shift in the balance of maritime power, but one that impacts India’s capacity and will to impose a deterrent cost.
INS Kochi and the ‘Big-Warship’ Debate
Nothing conveys strategic intent as effectively as the large conventional warship whose mere presence can provide a decisive psychological advantage in strategic scenarios.