April

Announcements and Updates
Naval HA/DR Topic Week Wrap Up by Dmitry Filipoff
Call for Articles: India’s Role in the Asia-Pacific Topic Week by Dmitry Filipoff
CIMSEC March Recap by Dmitry Filipoff
India’s Role in the Asia-Pacific Topic Week Kicks Off on CIMSEC by Dmitry Filipoff
Reflecting on the CIMSEC Forum for Authors and Readers by Kaitlin Sharkey

India’s Role in the Asia-Pacific Topic Week
India as the Pivotal Power of the 21st Century Security Order by MAJ Chad Pillai
How The Indian Ocean Remains Central to India’s Emerging Aspirations by Vidya Sagar Reddy
India-China Competition Across the Indo-Pacific by David Scott
Sino-India Strategic Rivalry: Misperception or Reality by Ching Chang
Diluting the Concentration of Regional Power Players in Maldives by MAJ Ahmed Mujuthaba
Strategic Maritime Balancing in Sino-Indian Foreign Policy by Ryan Kuhns
India in the Asia-Pacific: Roles as a ‘Balancer’ and Net Security Provider by Ajaya Kumar Das
Modi’s Asia-Pacific Push by Vivek Mishra
Understanding Sino-Indian Relations – A Theoretical Perspective by Byron Chong
India as a Net Security-Provider in the Indian Ocean and Beyond by VADM Pradeep Chauhan (ret)

Podcasts
Sea Control 114- South China Sea with CAPT James Fanell hosted by Sally DeBoer
Sea Control 115- Blue Water Metrics and Monitoring Oceans hosted by Matthew Hipple and Matt Merighi
Sea Control 116- Indonesia, A History of Violence and Horror Fiction hosted by Natalie Sambhi

Events
4-8 April Events of Interest by Emil Maine
11-15 Maritime Security Events by David Roush
18-22 Maritime Security Events by Emil Maine
25-29 April 2016 Maritime Security Events by Emil Maine

Naval Affairs
Circles in Surface Warfare Training by Steve Wills
Shifting to Shore Power? by J. Overton
Impacts of the Robotics Age on Naval Force Structure Planning by CAPT Jeffrey E. Kline (ret.)
Terrorists on the Ocean: Sea Monsters in the 21st Century by CAPT Robert N. Hein
The National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy: An Assessment by Tom Ring
crossposted from the Conference of Defense Associations Institute

Asia-Pacific
First China-India Maritime Dialogue: Beyond ‘Icebreaking’ by Gurpreet S. Khurana
crossposted from the National Maritime Foundation
Ships and Shipbuilding in India through a Sino-Indian Prism by VADM Pradeep Chauhan
crossposted from Bharat Shakti
Japan’s Izumo Class Helicopter-Destroyer: An Aircraft Carrier in Disguise? by Matt Gamble
Could Robot Submarines Replace Australia’s Ageing Collins Class submarines? by Sean Welsh
crossposted from The Conversation
U.S.-China Arrangements for Air-To-Air Encounters Weaken International Law by James Kraska and Raul “Pete Pedrozo”
crossposted from Lawfare
Model Maritime Militia: Tanmen’s Leading Role in the April 2012 Scarborough Shoal Incident by Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy

Africa
A Niger Delta Militant Group Declares War on the Nigerian Navy
by Dirk Steffen

Arctic
Designate the 9th National Security Cutter an Arctic Flagship by Ryan Uljua
crossposted from the Arctic Institute

Cyber
A Cyber-Information Operations Offset Strategy to Counter the Surge of Chinese Power by Jake Bebber

Europe
Trident: An Introduction to the UK National Debate by Alex Calvo

Book and Publication Reviews
All the Ways We Kill and Die by CDR Jeremy Wheat

General National Security
Rediscovering the Art of Strategic Thinking: Developing 21st Century Strategic Leaders by Dr. Daniel H. McCauley
crossposted from NDU Joint Forces Quarterly

Fostering the Discussion on Securing the Seas.