R. Vignesh

The India–US partnership for the co-production of sonobuoys can positively contribute to augmenting India’s naval capabilities in the Indian Ocean Region.

• January 30, 2025 |
• IDSA Comments

Associate Fellow, Dr R. Vignesh and Research Fellow, Cmde Abhay Kumar Singh’s co-authored Issue Brief ‘India and the Scorpene Club’, published in MP-IDSA website, was translated into French and republished in Le Rubicon, a French-language platform affiliated with War on the Rocks, on 05 December 2024. Read More [+]

• 5 December, 2024 |

Quad-at-Sea Observer Mission envisages the deployment of coast guard assets to strengthen the collective maritime policing capabilities of the Quad nations.

• November 14, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

The US, UK and Australia agreement for cooperation in Naval Nuclear Propulsion (NNP) presents a viable legal framework under which NNP technology can be transferred to Australia.

• September 06, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

The peaceful resolution of the civil war in Yemen is key to addressing the maritime security challenges in the Red Sea region.

• July 10, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

The creation of a ‘Scorpene Club’ could collectively benefit India, Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia, all operators of the French-origin submarine.

• 24 April 2024 |
• Issue Brief

As the roadmap and scope of the two pillars of AUKUS are now clearly defined, near-term tangible outcomes can be expected to materialise from 2024 onwards.

• January 12, 2024 |
• Issue Brief

The successful Ukrainian missile strike on the Russian naval base in Sevastopol, Crimea on 13 September 2023 could force the Russian Navy to relocate the Black Sea Fleet to Novorossiysk on the Russian mainland, which could increase supply chain vulnerabilities.

• October 04, 2023 |
• Issue Brief

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr R Vignesh’s review of the book ‘African Navies: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives’, edited by Timothy Stapleton, has been published in the African Trends Journal, Volume 12, Issue 1, January-June 2023.

• 13 September, 2023 |

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr R. Vignesh’s co-authored article ‘The Vanguard Brigade: An Appraisal of the United Nations’ Rapid Deployment Capabilities’ has been published in the peer-reviewed journal ‘India Quarterly’ of Sage Publishing, on 14 August 2023.

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• 14 August, 2023 |