Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

Contributions

Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) by USS John Paul Jones in the Indian EEZ – A violation or unwarranted assertion?

May 27, 2021 Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

On Apr 7, the 7th Fleet of the US Navy released a statement about Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) undertaken by USS John Paul Jones in the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) without requesting India's prior consent. Join Rear Admiral Sudars...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, UNCLOS, Podcast, freedom of navigation, FONOP, International Maritime Law, EEZ

The Rajput Age of the Indian Navy: Why INS Rajput matters on her day of decommissioning

May 22, 2021 Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

As the Indian Navy’s destroyer INS Rajput heads for decommissioning on 21st May after 41 years of service, join Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd) and Shashank Sharma, as they reminisce the era these ships ushered in for the India...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Defence, Indian Navy, Podcast, Seapower, SNF, Rajput Class destroyer, Destroyer, Kashin Class destroyer

जिसकी लाठी उसकी भैंस: चीनी (और पाकिस्तानी) शासनकला का राग

May 02, 2017 Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

क्लॉजेवित्स की ‘ऑन वॉर’ में ‘डिफेंस’ नाम के उबाऊ शीर्षक वाली छठी पुस्तक के पहले अध्याय में उनक�...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Hindi, China, OBOR, चीन, दावे, कब्जा, पाकिस्तानी, अखंड चीन, हिमालय पर डाका, ओबीओआर, Defense

‘Beati Sunt Possidentes’ (Blessed are Those in Possession): A Leitmotif for Chinese (& Pakistani) Statecraft

April 10, 2017 Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

Tucked away in Chapter 1 of Book 6, boringly titled ‘Defense’ in Clausewitz’s ‘On War’, is yet another nugget of his strategic wisdom: ‘In daily life, and especially in litigation (which so closely resembles war) it is summed...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, India, Pakistan, China, South China Sea, China’s expansionism, territorial possession, Beati Sunt Possidentes, Leitmotif for Chinese, Statecraft

VIF Papers

Make in Japan to Made in Japan: Indigenisation Lessons from the Imperial Japanese Navy 1880-1941

August 17, 2016 Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y Shrikhande, AVSM, IN, (Retd)

In 1868 or even in 1880s, Japan lagged behind even colonial India in many parameters including technical infrastructure, education, railways, etc. Neither was it a rich nation. Perhaps the corollary to it never being too early for achievin...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Japan