Leveraging India’s Seapower Against China

Due to the persistent adversarial nature of the Sino-Indian border environment, and because China is now a de facto maritime neighbour, India needs to examine its options of leveraging sea power.

How should the Indian Navy deal with the rising Chinese footprint in the Indian Ocean? Should India also increase its presence in the mid- and long-term in the South China Sea?

Guest
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Shrikhande

Discussants
1. Commander Digvijay Sodha, Indian Navy Veteran and alumnus, King’s College, London

2. Nischitha Suresh, Independent IR Researcher and Program Manager

3. Niranjan Oak, Senior Research Scholar, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Hosted by

Aditya Ramanathan, Research Analyst, Takshashila Institution