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24th IORA Council of Ministers Meeting Concludes with Renewed Focus on Sustainability, Security, and Regional Cooperation
Amb Gurjit Singh Commentary

The 24th Council of Ministers (COM) Meeting of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) concluded on 21 May 2025, under the Chairmanship of Vijitha Herath, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism of Sri Lanka.

June 18, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , India , Sri Lanka , EU , SAGAR , IORA , IUU fishing , MAHASAGAR , Sustainable Indian Ocean
Prospects of India’s Engagement in the Indian Ocean Region in the Blue Economy Sector

On February, 10 2025 the Vivekananda International Foundation organised a talk by Professor V N Attri. The talk began with Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivering the opening remarks. Distinguished members of various institutions and think tanks p....

March 26, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Interaction , Indian Ocean Region , Blue Economy , IORA
Maritime Security in the IOR : Counterpiracy and the India-Australia Maritime Cooperation
Anushka Saxena Article

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is significant for a number of reasons. To begin with, it serves as the global hotspot for naval trade and for maintaining sea-based lines of communications. It houses chokepoints like the Bab-el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz....

November 25, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Article , Counterpiracy , Gulf of Aden , India-Australia relations , Drones
India Gifts Submarine to Myanmar – An initiative in Line with the SAGAR Vision for Collective Growth and Security of Maritime Neighbours
Shashank Sharma Article

India is gifting a Russian Kilo class submarine to Myanmar1. The diesel-electric submarine, INS Sindhuvir, was inducted in the Indian Navy in 1988 and continues to be in service. The submarine refurbished by the Hindustan Shipyard Ltd a De....

October 31, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Myanmar , Maldives , Media Studies , Indian Ocean Region , Article , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Bay of Bengal , Maritime Security , Mauritius , Bangladesh , Indian Navy , SAGAR , Submarine , INS Sindhuvir , Sittwe , Kyaukphyu , Seychelles , EEZ Surveillance , Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)
2019 was a Challenging Year for Indian Foreign Policy, 2020 will be even more so
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

Introduction
US-China trade war deepened in 2019 despite some signs of thaw towards the end. Unexpectedly, President Trump was impeached by the US congress on the charges of having misused his power and for not cooperating with the Cong....

December 31, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indo-Pacific , Indian Ocean Region , Article , Indo-Pacific , Sino-Indian relations , Terrorism , trade , Indian Ocean , outlook 2020
Myanmar Round Up: October 2019
Jaideep Chanda Article

The irony of the democratic process in the ‘imperfect’ democracy that is Myanmar, is the military attempting to use the democratic mechanisms to elbow out the modicum of civilian control that exists! Slowly, but surely, the upcoming ele....

November 21, 2019 Myanmar , Indian Ocean Region , Article , democracy in Myanmar , ethnic armed groups in Myanmar , Rohingiya problem
India and France Join Hands to Deliver ‘Public Goods at Sea’
Dr Vijay Sakhuja Commentary

Among the many facets of India-France bilateral relations, cooperation in the maritime domain has been high on the agenda. Maritime security with strong constabulary elements, exchange of information on White Shipping, Varuna series of naval exercise....

August 26, 2019 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , Maritime cooperation , PM’s France visit , Indian Ocean issues
Is BIMSTEC Finding due Attention?
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Commentary

Conceived and formed in 1997 at Bangkok initially as a grouping of Bay of Bengal littoral countries, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping has expanded to include hinterland countries li....

September 14, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , BIMSTEC , Kathmandu Summit
Significance of President of Seychelles Danny Faure’s Visit to India
Dr Neha Sinha Commentary

Over the last few years, India’s outreach to Africa has been considerable, particularly the relation between Indian and Seychelles has always been worthy of attention. Since 1976, when Seychelles gained independence, the relationship between the t....

July 09, 2018 International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Commentary , Seychelles President’s visit , Assumption Island , Indo-Seychelles relationship
Conference on Security in Indian Ocean Region, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo

A conference was organised by Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) on February 22 & 23, 2018, at Tokyo, to conclude a two years project that explored the possibilities for major democracies - namely Australia, India, Japan and the United States - to coope....

May 30, 2018 Conference , International Relations and Diplomacy , Indian Ocean Region , Conferences , China , Indian Ocean Region , Japan , Maritime Connectivity , China’s Naval Strategy , ndo-pacific Region
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