Securing Indias Maritime Neighbourhood

Challenges and Opportunities

Edited by Pradeep, R. Seshadri Vasan, Rishi Athreya

Publication date:

30 August 2020

Publisher

VIJ Books (India) Pty Ltd

ISBN-13: 9789389620641

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

This book is a compilation of papers presented at a day-long conference organised in Chennai, on March 28 2019 by the Chennai Centre for China Studies (C3S) in partnership with the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) and the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Madras, and supported by the Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard on the theme, “Securing India's Maritime Neighbourhood: Challenges and Opportunities”. Contributors included a whole galaxy of luminaries from the serving and veteran echelons of the Indian Armed Forces, the diplomatic community, maritime industry, doyens of Indian academia, and distinguished personalities from the Fourth Estate. A number of facets of seminal importance to national security were addressed in the book. These included conceptual, geopolitical, economic, environmental and technological issues.

Foreword Introduction Conference Concept Note Keynote Address by V Adm Pradeep Chauhan, AVSM & Bar, VSM, IN (Retd.) Theme Address: India’s Regional Alliances in the Indo-Pacific by Ambassador C.V. Ranagnathan Inaugural Address by Shri. B.S. Raghavan, IAS (Retd.) Maritime Diplomacy - Furthering India’s Maritime Aspirations in IOR by Rishi Athreya China’s Rise and Expanding Footprint in India’s Neighbourhood by Commodore Sushant Dam Commercial & Military Applications of Maritime Silk Road by Lt Gen S. L. Narasimhan PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd.) Integrated Coastal Security Management- Post Mumbai Terror Attack by Gp. Capt. (Retd. ) A. V. Chandrasekaran Kautilya’s Prescription and Relevance for India’s Neighbourhood Management by Maj Gen. G. Murali (Retd.) Sustainable Fisheries and Best Management Practices in the Bay of Bengal by Dr. Yugraj Singh Yadava Mercantile Marine as a Force Multiplier for Prosperity and Security by Capt. S.S. Bangara BIMSTEC and Mausam: India’s Answers to Chinese Maritime Silk Route by Dr. Binoda Kumar Mishra China’s Forays into the Indian Ocean: A Case of Anti-Piracy Operations by Rahul Karan Reddy Valedictory Address by IG S. Paramesh, PTM, TM About the Contributors