Indian Ocean challenges a quest for cooperative solutions

The Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is of immense strategic significance on the global maritime map - not just on account of its centrality to the current trade and energy flows, but also because of the extreme disparities and inherent volatility of the region. The region faces an array of security challe...

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Corporate Author: National Maritime Foundation (New Delhi, India). Annual Maritime Power Seminar
Other Authors: Kaushiva, Pradeep (Editor), Singh, Abhijit (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Delhi KW Publishers in association with National Maritime Foundation [2013]
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