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Journal of Indian Ocean Studies-A UGC-CARE Listed Journal

Published in Association with Society of Indian Ocean Studies (SIOS)

Current Volume: 32 (2024 )

ISSN: 0972-3080

Periodicity: Tri-annual

Month(s) of Publication: April, August & December

Subject: Political Science & International Affairs

DOI: 10.32381/JIOS

Online Access is free for Life Member

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The Journal of Indian Ocean Studies is a publication of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies (SIOS). Having completed twenty-eight years of publication, the Journal, published three times a year-in January, May and September, aims at bringing out articles contributed by defence experts, diplomats, eminent scholars and renowned thinkers on the various aspects of the Indian Ocean and the littoral regions of South and Southeast Asia, Africa, the Gulf and Australia.

The Editorial Advisory Board Comprising Strategists and former practitioners of foreign affairs and defence as well as distinguished scholars on economy, history, etc. of the region provide regular guidance and advice. The journal has a vast readership among the Parliamentarians, think-tanks, maritime establishments, universities and institutions of excellence in  various fields as also individual scholars.
 

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Editor -in -chief
Ambassador Sudhir T. Devare (Retd.)

Amb. (Retd.) Sudhir T. Devare is a retired career diplomat former Indian diplomat who served in various diplomatic capacities from 1964 to 2001.
He had been Indian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia, Myanmar and Indonesia before retiring as Secretary in-charge of India’s economic relations. He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board, Visiting Professor at the Centre of East Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Vice-Chairman of the Research and Information System (RIS) of Developing Countries, Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. Currently, he is the Ram Sathe Chair Professor, at the Symbiosis School of International Studies, Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune.

He is on the Advisory Board of the India International Centre, New Delhi and a Member of the Eminent Persons' and Experts' Group of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) besides being the Chairman of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies and Editor-in-chief of its flagship publication.


Managing Editor
Ambassador (Retd.) J. K. Tripathi

Amb. (Retd.) J. K. Tripathi is a retired career diplomat with his career spanning for thirty three years.
Having served in Indian missions in Zambia, the Maldives, Hungary, Sweden, Venezuela and Oman, he rendered his services as the Consul general of India in Sao Paulo, Brazil before retiring as the Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe. Currently he is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Indian Ocean Studies.


Editorial Advisory Board
Admiral Arun Prakash

Chief of Naval Staff (Retd.)


Amb. Sheelkant Sharma

Former Secretary General,

SAARC


Lt. Gen. Shamsher Singh Mehta

Trustee,

Pune International Centre


Amb. Biren Nanda

Former Ambassador to

Indonesia and Australia


Prof. P. V. Rao

National Professor, ICSSR

Visiting Professor, NALSAR


Vice Admiral (Retd.) Anup Singh

Director Strategic Studies, SIOS


Prof. Swaran Singh

Professor of Diplomacy, JNU

Chairman,

Association of Asian Scholars


Commodore (Retd.) C. Uday Bhaskar

Director,

Society for Policy Studies,

Former D. G., IDSA


Prof. Vinayshil Gautam

Vice Chairman,

Foundation of Organisational

Research and Education (FORE)


Dr. Krishnendra Meena

Associate Professor at Centre for International Politics
Organization and Disarmament, School of International Studies,
awaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
He specializes on the topics of Geopolitics, Indian Ocean, Borders and BRICS. He joined SIOS as Secretary General in December 2020.


Volume 32 Issue 2 , (May-2024 to Aug-2024)

Editorial

By: Anup Singh

Page No : i-v

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Indian Perspective Towards the Indian Ocean Region: Some Reflections

By: Vinayshil Gautam

Page No : 121-132

Author : Vinayshil Gautam, a legend in the field of management thinking and practice, has been the Founder Director of IIM-K and has also been Advisor to several government agencies including the Ministry of Shipping, Indian Ports Association, etc. A visiting faculty at several renowned universities across five continents, his work in the area of ocean studies is widely respected and used in India and abroad.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.1

Price: 101

China’s Influence in South Asia – Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives

By: Jayadeva Ranade

Page No : 133-143

Author : Jayadeva Ranade superannuated as Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat in 2008. Currently he is President of the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy (CCAS). He is also a Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB); member of the Core Group on China at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA); Distinguished Fellow at two prominent think tanks: Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), and Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS). A qualified expert in Mandarin, he is Editor of ‘Strategic Challenges: India 2030’. He has authored a couple of insightful books including ‘China Unveiled: Insights into Chinese Strategic Thinking’ (2013); ‘Xi Jinping’s China’ and ‘Cadres of Tibet’ (both 2017); ‘Xi Jinping: China’s Third New Era’ (2022)
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.2

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Regional Geopolitics at the India-China Border

By: Krishnendra Meena

Page No : 145-153

Author : Krishnendra Meena is Professor at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, JNU, New Delhi. His research interests include Borders, BRICS, and the Indian Ocean region. He has widely published on these topics—both at home and abroad—and has authored a book titled “British Geopolitics in the South Atlantic.” Currently the Secretary General, SIOS, he is also associated with the Global Governance Network of IDOS, Bonn; Global Diplomacy Lab Germany; and the BMW Foundation.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.3

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India’s Neighbourhood First Policy and China

By: Sarabjeet S Parmar

Page No : 155-166

Author : Captain Sarabjeet S Parmar served the nation as a commissioned officer in the white uniform for 36 years including command of two warships and a combat helicopter squadron, Captain Sarabjeet S Parmar has been a Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Executive Director at the National Maritime Foundation. Currently, he is Distinguished Fellow at the United Service Institution of India, as also at the Council of Strategic and Defence Research, New Delhi.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.4

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China’s Inroads into India’s Neighbouring Island Nations: Initiatives and Implications

By: Swaran Singh

Page No : 167-181

Author : Swaran Singh is professor of international relations with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Member, Governing Body, Society for Indian Ocean Studies (SIOS), Member, Academic Council, South Asian University (SAU), and President, Association of Asia Scholars, New Delhi. For full CV, see http://jnu. ac.in/Faculty/ssingh/cv.pdf
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.5

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Russia-China Near Alliance: Implications for India

By: Alexey D Muraviev

Page No : 183-197

Author : Alexey D. Muraviev is an Associate Professor of National Security and Strategic Studies at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. He is the former Head of Department of Social Sciences and Security Studies at Curtin. Between 2016 and 2021, Alexey was academic lead of Curtin’s defence strategic initiative. His research interests include problems of modern maritime power; contemporary defence and strategic policy; Russia as a Pacific power; Russia’s strategic engagement in the IndoPacific; He has published widely in the field of national security, strategic and defence studies.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.6

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Sri Lanka: China’s First ‘Catch’ in the Indo-Pacific

By: P. S. Suryanarayana

Page No : 199-212

Author
P. S. Suryanarayana:
Formerly a foreign correspondent of The Hindu of India in Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Asia Pacific region, Mr. P. S. Suryanarayana was subsequently a resident researcher in Singapore, focusing on China-India relations. He is now Senior Fellow of the Society for Indian Ocean Studies, New Delhi, and Adjunct Senior Fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.7

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China-Central Asia Relations: An Expanding Partnership

By: Ashok Sajjanhar

Page No : 213-223

Author : Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar, Executive Council Member, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Distinguished Fellow, Ananta Aspen Centre, is Former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia. He has also worked in senior diplomatic positions in Indian Missions in Washington DC, Brussels, Moscow, Geneva, Tehran, Dhaka and Bangkok, as also at Headquarters, New Delhi. For his efforts to improve bilateral relations, he was decorated by the Governments of Kazakhstan and Latvia with their National Awards, and by the Universal Peace Federation (a body in special, consultative status with the UN), with the title: “Ambassador of Peace.’’
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.8

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China’s Central Asian Ambitions and How India Can Balance Them

By: Lindsay Hughes

Page No : 225-237

Author : Dr Lindsay Hughes is an independent researcher, with a deep interest in the defence and foreign policies of China, South Asia and the United States and the politics of the Indian Ocean. He was previously a Senior Research Analyst and Research Manager at Future Directions International, a Perth, Australia – based think tank.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.9

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China in Madagascar: Building Centrality through Economic Development and Maritime Engagement

By: Jabin T Jacob , Vishal Choudhury

Page No : 239-254

Authors :
Jabin T. Jacob
is an Associate Professor, Department of International Relations and Governance Studies, Shiv Nadar University, and Adjunct Research Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, Delhi NCR. He can be reached at jabin.jacob@snu.edu.in
Vishal Choudhury is an Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra. He can be reached at vishal.choudhury@flame.edu.in
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.10

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Blunting China’s Influence Operations in the Indian Ocean

By: Anil Jai Singh

Page No : 255-270

Author : Commodore Anil Jai Singh, a naval veteran, is presently the Senior Vice President of a leading European MNC in India, the Vice President of the Indian Maritime Foundation, and an Honorary Adjunct Fellow of the National Maritime Foundation. During his three decade long naval career as a submariner, he had the privilege of commanding four submarines and a fleet ship. He also served as the Naval Adviser at the Indian High Commission in the United Kingdom.
 

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2024.32.02.11

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Regional News and Views

By: ..

Page No : 271-276

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Instruction to the Author

Readers are encouraged to contribute articles for the Journal of Indian Ocean Studies. A theme for each issue is decided three to four months in advance. Articles are expected to be aligned within the boundaries or generally connected to the theme. However, papers/articles related to aspects of maritime economy, maritime security, and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific are always welcome. The following template/style is preferred.

Word Length: 3500-4000

Introduction to an Article: The preamble in an article could take the form of an ‘Introduction’ or ‘Background’. The author is free to divide the text either under Group Headings and Para Headings, or only Para Headings, or text without headings.

Citations. Authors are requested to follow the APC style guide, which is critical for maintaining the journal’s standards. Since JIOS is indexed in the UGC CARE list, adherence to these guidelines is essential in order to comply with UGC norms.

For details, visit the following website:-

https://apastyle.apa.org/instructional-aids/reference-examples.pdf

For amplification notes, search ‘Journal Article (Section 10.1)’ in the above site.

In simple terms, a citation within the body of the Article should have the surname, followed by their initials with the year of publication of the source in parenthesis. Citations are thereafter to be appended in the form of Footnotes.

Copyright/Plagiarism

Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyrighted figures and tables before submission. Appropriate permissions must be included in the article, and the source must be clearly cited for each Table and Figure.

To enquire about the next Issue’s theme and for articles, the Managing Editor may be contacted at: managingeditor.jios@gmail.com

 

Every precaution is taken by the editors of the Journal of Indian Ocean Studies to guard against any violation of publication ethics by the contributors. To this end, the journal follows the following norms:

  1. Manuscript submitted by the contributor must be an original contribution not published earlier anywhere or in any form, 
  2. Any material or quotation from another author/source cited in the manuscript must be duly acknowledged. 
  3. No offensive language should be used by the contributors. In case, the manuscript or any part of it is found containing an offensive language or a phrase against diplomatic protocol towards any person, organisation or country, it will be outright rejected by the editors. 
  4. The authors will be solely responsible for the facts and figures mentioned in their articles.

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