Contents

Editorial

Guest Editorial

Focus

• African Defence: A Statistical Analysis

  – Kishore Kumar Khera

• Unpacking India’s Defence Cooperation with Africa

  – Ruchita Beri

• Expanding Arc of India’s Defence Diplomacy: From the Indian Ocean to the Gulf of Guinea

  – Sankalp Gurjar

• India–Africa Defence Diplomacy Amid COVID-19

  – Samir Bhattacharya

• An Indo-African Military and Peacekeeping Partnership

  – Rajesh Isser

• UN Peacekeeping Operations: Challenges and Prospects in South Sudan

  – G. Praveen

• India–Africa Defence Cooperation: A Strategic Perspective

  – G.G. Dwivedi

• India–Africa Military-cum-Defence Diplomacy: A Viable Option

  – Swaim Prakash Singh

• India–Nigeria Defence Cooperation: Contexts, Drivers and Prospects

  – Eghosa E. Osaghae

• Roadmap for Enhanced India–Eastern Africa Defence Cooperation

  – P.S. Bhatti

• Navigating Non-Traditional Security Threats in the Western Indian Ocean Region: Role of India’s Defence and Security Cooperation with East African Island States

  – Raghvendra Kumar

• Rising Terrorist Threats in North-West Africa and Challenges and Opportunities for India’s Counterterrorism Cooperation

  – Md. Muddassir Quamar

• India–Egypt Defence and Security Cooperation

  – Prasanta Kumar Pradhan

• India–Africa Maritime Security and Strategic Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century

  – Arushi Singh

• Collaborative Competence Building for a Better India–Africa Maritime Order

  – Johnson Odakkal and Neeraj Singh Manhas

• Locating Vanilla Islands in India–Africa Defence Cooperation

  – Radhey Tambi

• Maritime Security in the Global South: Challenges and Prospects for Africa–India Defence Cooperation

  – Godwin Ichimi

• India–Africa Cooperation in the Maritime Space

  – Saman Ayesha Kidwai

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