Articles By Vice Adm RN Ganesh
Maritime Ambitions of China
By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Rise of China | Date: 19 Feb , 2013
Before the 15th century China was a seafaring nation, with advanced shipbuilding and navigation skills. After the famous voyages of Admiral Zheng He during the Ming period which demonstrated what...
Indian Navy: challenges beyond the horizon
By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh | Issue: Vol 23.1 Jan-Mar 2008 | Date: 06 Feb , 2012
The Currency of Power: In the mid-1980s many commentators predicted the end of the role of military force as the “currency of power”. Subsequent decades were however marked by global changes...
Evolving Maritime Challenges
By: Vice Adm RN Ganesh | Issue: Vol 24.3 Jul-Sep 2009 | Date: 25 Jul , 2011
The naval strategy of the Western powers led by the USA during the Cold War was centred on the location and tracking of Soviet ballistic missile-firing nuclear submarines (SSBNs). When the Cold...