09 Feb 2007

Indian Navy Begins To Look West
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
Extract: "9. While the [recent] call of Al Qaeda in Saudi Arabia to attack oil production and transport facilities is meant to hurt the US economy, its success will hurt our economy too as badly as it will hurt the economy of the US. For protecting our energy security and for strengthening our maritime counter-terrorism capability, it is important to give further momentum to the 'Look West Dimension' initiated by Admiral [Suresh] Mehta and to bring within its regional networking Kuwait and Saudi Arabia too. Kuwait, the UAE and Saudi Arabia should enjoy the highest priority as this new Dimension is developed. Apart from Navy-Navy interactions, it is equally important to strengthen the interactions at the non-governmental level between maritime security experts of India and those of these three countries. 10. This may please be read in continuation of my articles titled 'Maritime Counter-terrorism: Need To Look West' at http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1655.html and 'Strategic Counter-terrorism' at http://www.saag.org/papers17/paper1623.html." - b.raman
[The author, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed. ]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers22/paper2128.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) - the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/* /www.saag.org - ed.
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
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