The Routledge Handbook of Maritime India History, Strategy, and Engagement

Introduction

Adluri Subramanyam Raju and R. Srinivasan

Part 1: Understanding Maritime India Through Historical Lens

1. Nautical Tigers: Contributions of Cholas to India’s Maritime Tradition

    N. Manoharan

2. Maratha Navy: A Historical Overview

    S.L. Deshmukh

3. The Europeans and Indo-Arab Maritime Trade

    Aftab Kamal Pasha

4. K.M. Panikkar’s Legacy and Maritime India

    Sruthylacshmi B. Bhat

5. Maritime Domain Attributes and Indian Ocean Futures

    Varun Sahni

Part 2: Maritime Strategy and Bilateral Relations

 6. Prospects of Australia-India Maritime Relationship

    Y.Yagama Reddy

7. India-Japan Cooperation in the Shifting Contours of Indo-Pacific Maritime Security  

    Environment

    G.V.C. Naidu

8. Indo-Pacific’s Vision of France and India: Enhancing Maritime Multilateralism

    Marianne Peron-Doise

9. Delimitation of Maritime Boundary between India and its Neighbours

      Adluri Subramanyam Raju

10. Maritime Cooperation in India-Pakistan Relations: Challenges

      Moonis Ahmar

11. Understanding Bangladesh-India Maritime Cooperation

      Md. Shariful Islam

12. Security Dilemma and Sino-Indian Maritime Rivalry in the Indo-Pacific

     Huo Wenle   

Part 3: Maritime Institutions, Connectivity and Governance

13. China and India: A Comparative Analysis of Maritime Security Governance

      Zou Zhengxin

14. China-India Sea-based nuclear deterrence and maritime security

      Sohini Nayak

15. India’s understanding of the Bay of Bengal: Security, Connectivity and Institutionalism

       Udayan Das

16. IR Theories and Sri Lankan Crisis: Lessons for India’s Maritime Concerns

      R. Srinivasan

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      

       Rajpal Budania

18. India’s Role as a Net Security Provider in the Indian Ocean Region: Issues, Challenges

      and Trends

      M.J.Vinod  

19. The Anti-Maritime Piracy Laws in India: An Impending Reality or Still a Dream

      Ankit Anand

20. India in the Indo-Pacific: Vision, Strategies and Partnerships

      Suraj Palavalsa  

Part 5: Underwater Domain Awareness, Environment and Ocean Economy

21. India@100: A New Perspective Based on the Underwater Domain Awareness Framework

      Arnab Das

22. Underwater systems and maritime security in the Indian Ocean

      Pankaj Jha

23. Blue Economy Revolution: India’s Economic Ambitions

      Nithiya Sri M

24. Assessing India’s Blue Economy Shift

      C.S. Anuradha

25. Ecosystem-based Approach for Blue Economy and Climate Resilience in India

      Chime Youdon

26. Coastal Security and Ecosystem of the Saurashtra Region: Challenges for

      Sustainable Development   

      Amit Dholakia

27. Climate Change and Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal: A Case Study of Coastal

      Communities of West Bengal and Bangladesh

      Ranjita Chakraborty

Index

Biography

Adluri Subramanyam Raju, Ph.D., former Dean, International Relations, is Professor and Head of the Centre for South Asian Studies and Coordinator of the UGC Centre for Maritime Studies at Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India.

R. Srinivasan, PhD, is Editor-in-Chief of the Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies and Director of Praghna Centre for Research, India.