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The International Maritime Organisation’s Net-Zero Framework: Implications for Indian Maritime Sector
Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) 2025 Net-Zero Framework represents a pivotal step toward decarbonising global shipping, mandating stricter carbon intensity standards through market-based and technical measures. This Issue Brief...

April 24, 2025 Download
Tags: Blue Economy, decarbonisation, Fleet Modernisation, Green Shipping, IMO 2025, Maritime India, Net zero, Net Zero Shipping, Port Infrastructure, Ship Retrofitting, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy
The China-Solomon Islands Bilateral Security Pact
Amruta Karambelkar

In April 2022, China and the Solomon Islands signed a bilateral defence pact. The signing of this deal has caused great distress within Australia and the US, drawing sharp reactions from both the countries. The news of possible pact of this kind...

June 2, 2022 Download
Tags: AUKUS, Australia, Bilateral defence pact, Domestic politics, Regional Reactions, Solomon Islands, China, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy
Emerging Structure of Maritime Security in the Bay of Bengal
Commodore Somen Banerjee

.... Traditionally, security at sea has been theorised and interpreted rooted in traditional realist or liberalist theories. In the realist interpretation, the seas are the plains on which superpower, or regional power rivalry, takes place,...

May 11, 2018 Download
Tags: Bay of Bengal, BIMSTEC, Indian Ocean, Maritime Security, SAARC, Indo-Pacific, International Relations and Diplomacy
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