Coastal Security

India’s Coastal Security Construct – A Holistic Security Perspective

This monograph explores the Coastal Security Construct in a holistic manner. India's economic growth and sustainable development is intrinsically linked to seas and oceans around it. It's leaning on Blue Economy is thus natural. In the maritime domain, development, governance and security are mutually inclusive. Thus, India's maritime surveillance and governance capabilities will decide its future economic growth.

The Costliest Pearl: China’s Struggle for India’s Ocean by Bertil Lintner

The ‘string of pearls’ is a western narrative about China’s economic and/or military engagements with countries in the Indian Ocean littorals with a strategic outlook of encircling the Indian peninsula. Most of these engagements are established in locations overlooking the important trade Sea Lanes of Communication (SLOC) in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The ‘string of pearls’ theory, enunciating an expansionist view of China in the Indian Ocean, is what makes Bertil Lintner’s book a knowledgeable read for Indo-Pacific watchers.