Indian Navy

The success of the Strategic Partnership Model policy is essential to take forward the vision of building domestic capacities in niche technological platforms like submarines.

• Abhay Kumar Singh , S. Samuel C. Rajiv
• March 28, 2024
• Issue Brief

The Indian Navy has played a vital role in securing maritime trade routes in the Red Sea.

• Shayesta Nishat Ahmed
• February 19, 2024
• Issue Brief

The Indian Navy can be expected to continue to use its significant deterrent and punitive capabilities to protect the sea lanes of communications in the Western Indian Ocean.

• Abhishek Mishra
• January 18, 2024
• IDSA Comments

Military readiness is perhaps one of the least studied and understood concepts in the field of strategic studies. In the absence of any significant literature in the public domain, defence policy makers and practitioners worldwide tend to define military readiness in several different ways.

• Harinder Singh
• 2011
• Monograph

A wide range of talent management initiatives are being implemented by armies across the world to ensure the right mix of skills, experience, and leadership to meet the challenges of modern warfare.

• Guriqbal Singh Gill
• May 12, 2023
• Issue Brief

The development of Subject Matter Experts involves identifying individuals with specialised knowledge and skills and providing them with additional training and support to deepen their expertise.

• Guriqbal Singh Gill
• May 08, 2023
• IDSA Comments

Hospital ships play a critical role in supplementing a navy’s combat potential and enhance its soft power capability.

• R. Vignesh
• July 29, 2022
• IDSA Comments

There are five fundamental deficiencies in India’s maritime security mechanism that will need to be addressed by the newly appointed National Maritime Security Coordinator (NMSC), to prevent a recurrence of a 26/11 scenario.

• Anurag Bisen
• May 18, 2022
• Issue Brief

Ensuring maritime security and freedom of navigation in the Indian Ocean and the wider Indo-Pacific region is key security imperative and one of the key objectives of India’s engagement with the US and other partners.

• Anurag Bisen
• April 08, 2022
• Backgrounder

Colombo Security Conclave, a maritime security oriented sub-regional grouping, is emerging as a promising platform through which India can demonstrate its commitment and credibility for becoming the ‘Preferred Security Partner’ for the smaller nations in the Indian Ocean Region.

• R. Vignesh
• March 30, 2022
• IDSA Comments