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Bipandeep Sharma

Dr Bipandeep Sharma is an Associate Fellow at the Non-Traditional Security Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He works on Polar Regions where his core area of expertise is on ‘Arctic Geopolitics’. Here at the institute he focuses on security and strategic developments in the Arctic; aspects of Antarctic governance; deep seabed mining and on issues related to UNCLOS, CLCS, climate change and economic development in the Polar Regions. Dr Bipandeep Sharma has obtained his PhD form the Department of Political Science, Panjab University, Chandigarh. He holds M.Phil. and Master’s degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies. Prior joining MP-IDSA, he has taught papers on Contemporary Global Politics; International Relations; Climate Change and Sustainable Development, at the Institute of Social Science Education and Research, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Associate Fellow

Publication

High Time for India’s First Polar Research Vessel

Melting of the polar ice-sheets and their scientific inter-linkages to Indian monsoons, necessitate India to undertake scientific studies in the Arctic and Antarctica. An independent PRV with required icebreaking capabilities will be a crucial requirement in this regard. It is also important considering the pace of the geo-political and geo-economic transitions happening in the Arctic.

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Prospects for India–Russia Cooperation in the Arctic

Given India–Russia longstanding relationship and formal mechanisms of cooperation, the Arctic brings new opportunities. From joint oil and gas development projects to connectivity via shipping and fibre optic routes, the Arctic offers untold opportunities for joint investments and partnerships. It is time India and Russia explored new areas of mutual benefit in the Arctic.

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‘De-Securitising the Arctic’ in Climate Change: An Indian Perspective

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Mr Bipandeep Sharma’s paper ‘De-Securitising the Arctic’ in Climate Change: An Indian Perspective’, has been published in India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs, which is a flagship journal of Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) by SAGE, on October 14, 2021.

The paper analyses the rapidly transforming Arctic that has led to rethink the concept of security in the region.

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