Captain Kamlesh Kumar Agnihotri, Senior Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation in New Delhi and DKI APCSS alumni has published a new book, "The Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Eastern Sentinel of India's Maritime Security"

According to the abstract:

"In the context of its India's national security, the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N) archipelago, as a proverbial arm stretching far eastwards of the Indian mainland, offers a natural vantage point for the country to develop it as the first line of defence against conventional threats from the East, and also leverage it as a ‘springboard’ to project the Indian influence all the way to the Southeast Asia and beyond. The fact that the southernmost island of Great Nicobar virtually sits astride the vital international trade and energy sea lane, also provides options and opportunities to India for strategic signalling and display of proactive intent, when the circumstances so demand. This book accordingly, evaluates the geostrategic significance of the A&N Islands and offers recommendations for maximising their strategic potential toward the preservation of India’s economic and maritime security from threats that may arise in-, from- and through the proximate waters of the Bay of Bengal and the extended IOR continuum to the east."

If you are interested, please view the attached foreword that explains the context and contents of the book. 

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