Tag: Maritime Security

This report examines India-Canada defence-industrial cooperation amid geopolitical pressures and the 2023-24 diplomatic rupture. The report maps existing industrial ties, identifies feasible cooperation areas—maritime security, peacekeeping, cybersecurity, critical minerals—while acknowledging structural constraints from export controls and procurement complexities. It offers actionable recommendations for operationalizing partnership within alliance architectures.

Indo-German defense ties are at a strategic inflection point. As Germany embraces Zeitenwende and India pursues Atmanirbhar Bharat, this report argues for shifting from transactional arms sales to deep industrial co-creation. It maps a decade-long strategy (2025–2035) to fuse German engineering with Indian manufacturing scale. Key recommendations include a $50M joint innovation fund, fast-tracked export controls (“Green Lists”), and integrating MSMEs into global supply chains. The goal: a resilient partnership building strategic autonomy for both nations.

The closed-door roundtable between Japan’s National Institute for Defense Studies and Indian experts at CSDR reviewed Indo-Pacific security shifts, major-power rivalry, and implications for regional alignment. It also discussed India-Japan defense cooperation, the Quad’s evolving role, and the increasing influence of the Global South in global governance.

The roundtable discussion will examine how shifting geopolitics—from the Trump–Xi accord to Middle Eastern realignments and a possible Russia–Ukraine ceasefire—are reshaping India’s strategic environment. It will assess implications for ASEAN, Gulf energy, IMEC, and how India balances BRICS+ ambitions with practical security and supply-chain partnerships like the Quad.

The upcoming Second Workshop on Enhancing Australia–India Underwater Domain Awareness (UDA) Cooperation in Visakhapatnam will advance outcomes from the inaugural Perth dialogue. Focusing on ASW, UUVs, undersea search and rescue, and capacity building, it strengthens bilateral maritime cooperation under a DFAT-supported initiative by CSDR and the University of Western Australia’s Defence and Security Institute.

The workshop examines major shifts in the Indo-Pacific since 2020, focusing on geopolitical realignments, maritime security, economic resilience, climate vulnerability, technological change, and the role of multilateral and minilateral frameworks. It aims to assess challenges and opportunities while outlining strategies for a more resilient and cooperative regional order.