Journal of Indian Ocean Studies

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

Current Volume: 31 (2023 )

ISSN: 0972-3080

Periodicity: Tri-annual

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

Subject: Political Science & International Affairs

DOI: 10.32381/JIOS

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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.

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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 31 Issue 1 , (Jan-2023 to Apr-2023)

Editorial

By: Sudhir T. Devare

Page No : i-iv

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India and the African Countries on the Indian Ocean Littoral

By: Gurjit Singh

Page No : 1-13


Author : Ambassador (Retd.) Gurjit Singh was India

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2023.31.01.1

Price: 101

The Building Blocks to a Non-Paternalistic Indo-African Partnership

By: Brian Gicheru Kinyua

Page No : 15-25


Author :

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2023.31.01.2

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Transoceanic Interconnectivities Between IndiaTanzania Coastal Communities from the Antiquity to Contemporaries: The Archaeologic Perspectives from the Ancient Maritime Trade Connections via the Indian Ocean

By: Makarius Peter Itambu

Page No : 27-38

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2023.31.01.3

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Bringing the Western Indian Ocean into the IndoPacific Geopolitics

By: Sankalp Gurjar

Page No : 39-46


Author :

DOI : https://doi.org/10.32381/JIOS.2023.31.01.4

Price: 101

Book Review
Ashok B Rajeshirke, Translated and Edited, Malam-Ni-Pothi:The PreModern Kutchi Navigation Manuals Vol I, Maritime History Society, Mumbai, 2021, 395 pages, Rs. 2500/-.

By: Neeta M. Khandpekar

Page No : 47-48

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Regional News and Views

By: ..

Page No : 49-61

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Instruction to the Author

Readers are encouraged to contribute articles for the Journal of Indian Ocean Studies. Generally, a theme for each issue is decided three months in advance. Articles are therefore expected to fall within/connected to the theme. However, papers/articles related to aspects of maritime economy, maritime security and geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific, will also be welcome. The following template/style is preferred:

Word Length: 3000-3500

Introductories:

The article should not include an abstract, but an introduction or preamble is preferable. If desired, group headings may be used to discuss factors.

Citations: Footnotes

To enquire about the next Issue’s theme and for sending articles, the Managing Editor may be contacted at:-

Email: jitutrips@hotmail.com

Phone: +91 9650691602

Word Length: 3000-3500

Introductories:
The article should not include an abstract, but an introduction or preamble is preferable. If desired, group headings may be used to discuss factors.

Citations: Footnotes

To enquire about the next Issue’s theme and for sending articles, the Managing Editor may be contacted at:-
Email: jitutrips@hotmail.com
Phone: +91 9650691602

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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