Security, Geopolitics & Maritime Order

This program is designed as an academic security studies immersion, not tactical or operational training. It examines how states interpret threats, construct strategy, manage crises, and navigate complex regional environments.

Through seminars, institutional briefings, expert dialogues, data workshops, and scenario-based exercises, students explore key themes including Indo-Pacific strategy narratives, India–China border governance, India–Pakistan crisis dynamics, Indian Ocean maritime security, piracy and transnational crime, and alliance diplomacy.

The program situates regional security within broader international relations theory — realism, liberal institutionalism, deterrence theory, securitization, and maritime order frameworks. Students learn how policy is framed, how data is interpreted, and how crises are managed within political, diplomatic, and humanitarian constraints.

The culminating output is a short, faculty-assessable security policy briefing or memo grounded in evidence, theory, and responsible analysis.

Students will:

Define maritime crime and transnational security threats using international legal and governance frameworks.
Interpret piracy, maritime incident, and border reporting data critically and responsibly.
Analyze Indo-Pacific strategy narratives and alliance/partnership dynamics.
Examine border disputes and crisis management models at a governance level (India–China and India–Pakistan as case studies).
Evaluate escalation dynamics, deterrence signaling, and crisis communication frameworks.
Apply ethical scenario analysis, incorporating risk assessment, humanitarian considerations, and policy incentives.
Produce a structured security-policy briefing grounded in IR theory and empirical evidence.