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Delhi’s balancing act in Western Indian Ocean
India’s Western Indian Ocean diplomacy may yet evolve into something more consequential. But for now, it remains more ...
Foreign Affairs11dOpinion
America Needs a Real Indian Ocean Strategy
Despite the size and importance of the Indian Ocean, American strategists have often treated it as a backwater. It’s true ...
The Diplomat9d
India Launches Multinational Mission of Cooperation in Indian Ocean Region
IOS Sagar is bringing together multiple maritime agencies of the Southwest Indian Ocean Region for joint training on an ...
How shift from SAGAR to MAHASAGAR doctrine signals India’s outreach to larger Global South
The concept of MAHASAGAR is an expression of India’s growing economic and political heft and its intention to extend its arc ...
The Print9h
Navy’s IOS SAGAR wraps up Mozambique visit with joint drills, medical camps and community outreach
The Indian Navy’s Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR carried out a range of professional and cultural activities during its recent ...
How Sri Lanka has emerged as India's strategic anchor in a turbulent subcontinent
Sri Lanka acts as a buffer in countering Chinese strategic encirclement through the Belt and Road Initiative and port ...
The most important part of the ocean you’ve never heard of
The Saya de Malha Bank is one of the world’s largest seagrass fields and the planet’s most important carbon sinks. It faces ...
The Print15d
Sentinel of sea ‘IOS SAGAR’ to be on month-long deployment in Indian Ocean Region
Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR that set sail from the shores of the key naval base in Karnataka’s Karwar on Saturday carrying crew members from India and nine other countries will be on a nearly month-long ...
The Diplomat11d
Reimagining India’s Blue Water Navy: Toward a Comprehensive Maritime Doctrine for the Indian Ocean
A truly Indianized maritime doctrine, backed by comprehensive policy instruments, is not only necessary – it is inevitable.
Business Line4d
India, Italy seek to enhance ship-tracking cooperation in Indian Ocean to counter China
The information is shared mutually among the signatory countries to ensure a pre-emptive and prompt response to any exigency. The situation in the Red Sea and the Western Indian Ocean Region also ...