Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1934969
N. Agarwala
ABSTRACT The Arctic has attracted world attention in recent years as global warming began melting the sea ice at a much faster rate than recorded after 1979, the year when record-keeping began for the region. This new-found attention is also linked with greater accessibility of the Arctic Ocean, which is creating a geopolitical competition for resources and control. So far, the world media has focused primarily on the efforts of China in the Arctic due to its economic might, resulting in numerous academic literature. In comparison, the efforts of India in the Arctic have been relatively lesser researched and discussed. Those available have provided conflicting and sometimes debating opinions. It is with this understanding that the article discusses India’s past and present engagement in the Arctic, with possible future trends and recommendations for India’s evolving engagements in this region.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1956705
N. Yadav
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1952618
J. S. Lobo
ABSTRACT The Indo-Pacific has emerged as an important region in international politics where the major powers are deeply engaged in reshaping the security architecture. Over the last few years, India and China have drawn their policies by employing competitive strategies that strengthen as well as neutralise their respective power positions in the Indian Ocean Region, particularly in South Asia and the South China Sea. China's “String of Pearls” strategy and the “Belt and Road Initiative” undermine India's influence in the Indian Ocean Region, where the changing geo-economic and geostrategic imperatives pose threat to its interests. This mounts pressure on New Delhi to respond by pursuing counter-strategies to secure its interests in the Indo-Pacific region. The article further explains how India and the United States’ interests are converging against an assertive China in the Indo-Pacific and how the two states’ security and maritime collaborations are balancing their common rival by maintaining a favourable status quo in the region.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1962494
Jay Maniyar
The Politics of South China Sea Disputes is a rather short book, comprising just over 100 pages in actual content, followed by a detailed bibliography of books, papers and websites that the author ...
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1939868
Apila Sangtam
ABSTRACT The rising tension between China and Vietnam with regard to the South China Sea has revised Hanoi's approach to its national defence policy. No longer benign and mute, it is taking an assertive stance and vocalising its opposition to the historical claims of Beijing. Hanoi is also becoming much more open to American presence in the South China Sea. This article examines the impact of geostrategic competition in the South China Sea on United States (US)–Vietnam and Indo-Vietnam bilateral relations, providing Hanoi an opportunity to challenge Beijing's illegal claims in the region.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2021.1934972
Ryan Mitra
ABSTRACT India's ambitions in East Asia are evident and pragmatic. It has a growing bonhomie with Japan to collaborate with on bilateral level and within multilateral frameworks as well. In consideration of Japan's caution towards the US and China, it is looking for a sustainable partnership that has mutually appreciative policy axes and the capabilities to achieve bilateral objectives with it. It has repeatedly identified India as the most viable option to adopt this role. The author has taken into consideration multilateral arrangements and larger international relations with countries like China to understand the limitations to Indo-Japanese relations, with recommendations on how to overcome them. Furthermore, the article explores the possibility of a larger multilateral security regime with the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, in light of mutual interests and the latest trends of multilateralism that have swept Asia in the twenty-first century. Finally, the paper observes that India's role in East Asia does not have to be fundamentally defined by or structured on the basis of the actions of a third party.
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Pub Date : 2020-08-06DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2020.1795334
V. Bar
These are trying times for world in general and India in particular. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the global economy and India’s economic growth has hit a formidable speed-bump, if not...
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2020.1840060
P. Gopal
ABSTRACT Maritime domain awareness (MDA) is a vital enabler of maritime security operations. For India it is a particularly important, yet challenging task, considering the complexity of the maritime neighbourhood in which it seeks to attain its strategic objectives. India's doctrinal articulations rightly identify MDA as a key operational enabler across the spectrum of maritime operations. Accordingly, the country and its maritime security agencies have invested significant effort in bolstering MDA capabilities, especially in the period after the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008. These efforts have resulted in substantial augmentation of platforms at the front-end of MDA operations, shore-based infrastructure, and in establishing international linkages for information-sharing. However, there are notable gaps in national MDA capabilities that may adversely impact the higher end of maritime operations. Mitigation of these shortcomings will require sustained focus in the immediate future, and a smart approach to capability accretion that ensures maximum returns on investment.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2020.1845457
Shailly Kedia, Priyanka Gautam
ABSTRACT Blue economy like green economy tries to bring to forefront the role of economic players, both state and non-state market actors, thus making it important to examine the issue from the lens of international political economy. This article defines blue economy as economic practices that seek to achieve conservation, inclusive development and sustainable use of oceans and seas as commons through poly-centric, multi-level and multi-actor interventions. Blue economy initiatives analysed here include Sustainable Ocean Business Action Platform, World Bank PROBLUE and Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Initiative. The analysed initiatives are not yet designed to appreciate the complexity involving ocean-as-commons. Moreover, the stakeholders mobilised remain concentrated in limited developed countries, mostly from Europe. Even mobilisation of market players remains limited to large companies and boutique firms specific to sustainability. This review argues that blue economy narratives and initiatives need to recognise that ocean systems being complex require poly-centric, multi-level, incremental and learning-based approaches.
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Pub Date : 2020-07-02DOI: 10.1080/09733159.2020.1844429
Akshay Honmane
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