Once an unsolvable security threat, Somali piracy has almost stopped. Here’s why

The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.

Peter Viggo Jakobsen, The Conversation

· Oct 09, 2023 · 10:00 pm

Why is India being accused of abducting an Arab princess?

The daughter of Dubai’s ruler was allegedly captured by Indian forces off the Goan coast when she fled the UAE in 2018.

Nachiket Deuskar

· Aug 22, 2023 · 09:00 am

Drama, luxury and the vast depths of the ocean: Why the Titanic continues to fascinate

The excess of the voyage and its defeat by the sea, like the Titanic, are now driving the current global interest in the Titan submersible disaster.

Kristie Patricia Flannery, The Conversation

· Jun 22, 2023 · 07:30 pm

There is no global treaty to govern the high seas. Here’s why we need one

The UN’s attempt to frame such an agreement has been delayed due to Covid-19.

Jennifer Silver, The Conversation

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Leslie Acton, The Conversation

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Noella Gray, The Conversation

· Jun 11, 2020 · 11:30 pm

While India and its neigbours spar over Bay of Bengal borders, their fishers languish in jails

Dwindling fish numbers is forcing fisherfolk to cross the drawn-up Exclusive Economic Zones.

Mohammad Arju

· May 30, 2020 · 09:30 pm

What UN court actually said: India's Supreme Court has final say on Italian marine's bail

The Indian apex court can set conditions on Salvatore Girone's return.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· May 03, 2016 · 05:36 pm

India's hopes of becoming a maritime superpower begin with the 'biggest naval base east of the Suez'

Scroll Staff

· Sep 11, 2015 · 10:58 am

How an Indian ship proved to be the undoing of notorious pirate Captain Kidd

There was a protocol in the high seas and even pirates knew that. Captain Kidd violated this code when he captured the Quedagh Merchant as it sailed from Surat to Calcutta.

Anu Kumar

· Aug 02, 2015 · 06:00 pm

Why heroin smuggling from Pakistan has moved to the seas and how it funds terror

Authorities have seized two Pakistani boats with heroin worth hundreds of crores off Gujarat's coast.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Apr 21, 2015 · 07:23 pm