Analysing China - Russia Naval Exercises
China has the fastest growing navy amongst the major powers of the world with a current strength of about 340 ships including 125 major combatants and submarines[1]. This growth ...
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Commodore Gopal Suri has held important command and staff appointments on shore and at sea, and is a senior member of the strategic fraternity in the field of National Security and Strategy. His focus areas are on maritime security studies that encompass the Indian Ocean and the Asia-Pacific region.
Contributions
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Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indo-Pacific and the Way Ahead for Indo-Pacific Partnership for MDA (IPMDA) Introduction Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) signifies a need for situational awareness at sea, which necessitates being cognisant of the position and intentions of all maritime actors in all dimensions - on, over and under the seas. ...
Trincomalee: India’s Call Trincomalee, or ‘Trinco’ in mariners’ jargon, is a unique port which fulfils every ship captain’s dream. It has great depths of water, vast sea room to manoeuvre the largest of ships and provides safety from the elements even in the worst of ...
International Conference on Security in the Indian Ocean Region, Vivekananda International Foundation, 07 Feb 2017 The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean of the world whose essential importance to global economic engagement, because of the hydrocarbon reservoir in the Gulf and dense sea lanes, has made it the locus of global geopolitics. It is possibly the m...
VIF Papers
- China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Old String with New Pearls? China and the Indian Ocean Region China has been incessantly increasing its footprint in the Indian Ocean in the past decade by undertaking port infrastructure projects, managing and running ports, gaining port access for naval platforms, a...Case for a Regional Maritime Security Construct for the Indo Pacific The Indian Ocean has been the hub of major economic activity and global realpolitik since the end of the Second World War. It has assumed greater importance since the penultimate decade of the last century and will continue to remain so in the...
Book Published / Book Reviews
- China's Expanding Military Maritime Footprint in the Indian Ocean Region: India's Response ISBN: 9789386618122 Publication Year: 2017 Binding: PB Pages: 120 Price: Rs. 349 Online Available at Pentagon Press ...
VIF Briefs
- Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) in the Indo-Pacific and the Way Ahead for Indo-Pacific Partnership for MDA (IPMDA) … MDA signifies a need for situational awareness at sea, which necessitates being cognisant of the position and intentions of all maritime actors in all dimensions … IPMDA is aimed at curbing maritime free-run in the Indo-Pacific …...
VIF Reports
- Monthly Compilation of Views of VIF Expert Groups: July 2023 Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) held meetings on a variety of subjects in the month of July 2023 with six expert groups, a trilateral dialogue, an inter-think tank dialogue and a roundtable. The first meeting of the newly constituted Inter...
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