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This handbook provides a comprehensive study of India's maritime heritage. It presents perspectives on India's maritime history, territorial concerns, bilateral and multilateral engagements, traditional and non-traditional threats, maritime management and development, as well as climate change and its implications.
List of contents
Introduction
Part 1: Understanding Maritime India Through Historical Lens 1. Nautical Tigers: Contributions of Cholas to India's Maritime Tradition 3. The Europeans and Indo-Arab Maritime Trade 4. K.M. Panikkar's Legacy and Maritime India 5. Maritime Domain Attributes and Indian Ocean Futures
Part 2: Maritime Strategy and Bilateral Relations 6. Prospects of Australia-India Maritime Relationship 7. India-Japan Cooperation in the Shifting Contours of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security Environment 8. Indo-Pacific's Vision of France and India: Enhancing Maritime Multilateralism 9. Delimitation of Maritime Boundary between India and its Neighbours 10. Maritime Cooperation in India-Pakistan Relations: Challenges 11. Understanding Bangladesh-India Maritime Cooperation 12. Security Dilemma and Sino-Indian Maritime Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific
Part 3: Maritime Institutions, Connectivity and Governance 13. China and India: A Comparative Analysis of Maritime Security Governance 14. China-India Sea-based nuclear deterrence and maritime security 15. India's understanding of the Bay of Bengal: Security, Connectivity and Institutionalism 16. IR Theories and Sri Lankan Crisis: Lessons for India's Maritime Concerns
Part 4: India's Maritime Power Projection: Concerns and Strategies 17. Geopolitical Rivalries in the Indian Ocean Region: India's Maritime Security Perceptions and Strategies 18. India's Role as a Net Security Provider in the Indian Ocean Region: Issues, Challenges and Trends 19. The Anti-Maritime Piracy Laws in India: An Impending Reality or Still a Dream 20. India in the Indo-Pacific: Vision, Strategies and Partnerships
Part 5: Underwater Domain Awareness, Environment and Ocean Economy 21. India@100: A New Perspective Based on the Underwater Domain Awareness Framework 22. Underwater systems and maritime security in the Indian Ocean 23. Blue Economy Revolution: India's Economic Ambitions 24. Assessing India's Blue Economy Shift 25. Ecosystem-based Approach for Blue Economy and Climate Resilience in India 26. Coastal Security and Ecosystem of the Saurashtra Region: Challenges for Sustainable Development 27. Climate Change and Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Coastal Communities of West Bengal and Bangladesh
About the author
Adluri Subramanyam Raju, Ph.D., Dean, International Relations; Professor and Head, UMISARC and Centre for South Asian Studies; Coordinator, UGC Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.
R. Srinivasan, PhD, Editor-in-Chief,
Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies, and Director, Praghna Centre for Research, India.
