Short description:

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.

Long description:

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. The volume brings together accomplished academicians and practitioners, who through multidisciplinary and analytical methodologies examine the concerns and challenges India faces at present or might face in the immediate future, focusing on crucial actors, policies and new developments. In doing so, the handbook provides an invaluable and pragmatic understanding of and solutions to India?s maritime needs.

This volume is an indispensable resource for scholars, teachers and researchers of political science, international relations, South Asian studies, South Asian politics, history, defence and strategic studies, foreign policy, maritime strategy and security.

Table of Contents:

Introduction Part 1: Understanding Maritime India Through Historical Lens 1. Nautical Tigers: Contributions of Cholas to India?s Maritime Tradition 2. Maratha Navy: A Historical Overview 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