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Dr. Vijay Sakhuja is Director National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. A former navy officer, he has worked in a number of Indian think tanks and was Director of Research at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi. He is also visiting Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore. Dr. Sakhuja is the author of 'Asian Maritime Power in the 21st Century: Strategic Transactions - China, India, Southeast Asia'; 'Confidence Building from the Sea: An Indian Initiative'; and co-author of 'Climate Change and the Bay of Bengal: Evolving Geographies of Fear and Hope'. He has edited/co-edited over 20 volumes on various geopolitical/geostrategic issues and maritime history. Dr. Vijay Sakhuja is the Editor, Maritime Affairs (Taylor & Francis).



Commander (Dr.) Kapil Narula is a serving officer of the Indian Navy and is currently posted as a Research Fellowat the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. He holds an M.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering (IIT, Kharagpur) and a Ph.D. degree in Development Economics (IGIDR, a deemed university of the Reserve Bank of India). He has served on-board frontline warships and as an instructor at training establishments. His last appointment was (acting) Head of Faculty, Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Indian Naval Academy. His areas of competence are energy, sustainability, economic policy, climate change and maritime issues and he attempts to integrate multi-disciplinary aspects in his work. His papers have appeared in various academic journals published by Elsevier and at online forums such as Oxford Energy Forum and Asian Development Bank Institute. He is the co-editor of two books 'Partnering Across Oceans' and 'Maritime Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific' and is the Executive Editor of the journal 'Maritime Affairs', published bi-annually by Routledge.