Indo-pacific Regional Dialogue 2021
Source : PIB
GS II : International Relation

What is discussed under Indo-pacific Regional Dialogue 2021 ?

1. Why in News ?
2. Key Facts
3. Four main sub-themes
4. Eight sub-themes are

Why in News ?

Indo-pacific Regional Dialogue 2021 is going to conduct between 27 to 29 Oct 2021.

Key Facts

• First conducted in 2018, the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue (IPRD) is the apex international annual conference of the Indian Navy, and is the principal manifestation of the navy’s engagement at the strategic-level.

  

• The National Maritime Foundation is the navy’s knowledge partner and chief organizer of each edition of this annual event.
• The aim of each successive edition of the IPRD is to review both opportunities and challenges that arise within the Indo-Pacific.
• IPRD-2018 focused on four main sub-themes
  1. maritime trade
  2. Regional connectivity
  3. Pan-regional challenges such as those of persistent maritime surveillance, the increasing digitization of the maritime space, and cyber-malevolence within the maritime domain
  4. The role of industry in enhancing holistic maritime security
• IPRD 2019 built upon the excellent foundation laid by the inaugural edition and examined five themes:
  1. Practical solutions for achieving cohesion in the region through maritime connectivity
  2. Measures to attain and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific
  3. Examining a regional approach to Blue Economy
  4. Opportunities from Maritime-Industry 4.0
  5. Regional opportunities arising from SAGAR and SAGARMALA.
• IPRD 2021 is being held as a three-day online event on 27, 28, and 29 October 2021.
• This year’s IPRD will focus on eight specific sub-themes under the broad theme of “Evolution in Maritime Strategy during the 21st Century: Imperatives, Challenges, and, Way Ahead”.
• Panel-discussions on these sub-themes would be spread over eight sessions on three successive days thereby providing ample scope for varied perspectives to be considered.
• The aim is to encourage a free flow of ideas and views.
• The eight sub-themes are:
  • Evolving Maritime Strategies within the Indo-Pacific: Convergences, Divergences, Expectations and Apprehensions.
  • Adaptive Strategies to Address the Impact of Climate Change upon Maritime Security.
  • Port-led Regional Maritime Connectivity and Development Strategies.
  • Cooperative Maritime Domain Awareness Strategies.
  • Impact of the Increasing Recourse to Lawfare upon a Rules-based Indo-Pacific Maritime Order.
  • Strategies to Promote Regional Public-Private Maritime Partnerships.
  • Energy-Insecurity and Mitigating Strategies.
  • Strategies to Address the Manned-Unmanned Conundrum at Sea.
• The sessions will be preceded by addresses by the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, the Hon’ble External Affairs Minister, and the Hon’ble Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
• Through this annual dialogue, the Indian Navy and the National Maritime Foundation, continue to provide a platform for incisive discussions pertaining to the geopolitical developments affecting the maritime domain of the Indo-Pacific.

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