1st Edition

India's Naval Strategy and Asian Security

Edited By Anit Mukherjee, C. Raja Mohan Copyright 2016
280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines India’s naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security. Amidst the intensifying geopolitical contestation in the waters of Asia, this book investigates the growing strategic salience of the Indian Navy. Delhi’s expanding economic and military strength has generated a widespread debate on India’s prospects for shaping the balance of power in Asia. This volume... Read more

1. Introduction, Anit Mukherjee and C. Raja Mohan  Part I: The Making of India’s Naval Strategy 2. India’s Maritime Strategy, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan 3. Tomorrow or Yesterday’s Fleet? The Indian Navy’s Operational Challenges, Iskander Luke Rehman 4. In the Far Seas: Projecting India’s Naval Power, Abhijit Singh 5. The Unsinkable Aircraft Carrier: The Andaman and Nicobar Command, Anit Mukherjee 6. India’s Naval Diplomacy: the Unfinished Transitions, C. Raja Mohan  Part II: The External Dimensions of India’s Naval Strategy 7. India in the US Naval Strategy, Timothy D. Hoyt 8. “New Normal” in the Indo-Pacific: Sino-Indian Maritime Security Dilemma, Koh Swee Lean Collin 9. Looming Over the Horizon: Japan’s Naval Engagement with India, Tomoko Kiyota 10. A Sea of Opportunity: Southeast Asia’s Growing Naval Cooperation with India, Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto 11. India and Regional Maritime Security, Sam Bateman 12. India's Naval Moment, Anit Mukherjee and C. Raja Mohan

Biography

Anit Mukherjee is an Assistant Professor in the South Asia Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

C. Raja Mohan is a Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India, and leads the Strategic Studies Initiative of the Foundation. He has published several books, including Samudra Manthan: Sino-Indian Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific (2013).

'Overall, the book is a valuable compilation of relevant chapters written by respected academics and uniformed personnel. The information that one obtains from it is current and up-to-date... The editors of the book should be commended for successfully compiling a valuable volume which should be read by all layers of society.'

Sharifah Munirah Syed Hussein Alatas, National University of Malaysia, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region