‘Australia’s Pacific Push Driven by China’: How Great Power Rivalry Is Reshaping Indian Ocean Region
Description: How vulnerable is the critical undersea infrastructure that powers the global digital economy?
In this session, Erin Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Baker & York, Australia, speaks with Tuneer Mukherjee, Non-Resident Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India, moderated by Tim Sweijs, Director of Research, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands. They discuss the growing strategic importance of submarine cables, rising concerns over sabotage, Chinese investments across the Indo-Pacific and India’s increasing focus on protecting critical undersea infrastructure.
The discussion explores India’s efforts to strengthen subsea security, including talks to deploy undersea sensors, while highlighting the need for greater information sharing, cable-repair capabilities, spare cables and redundancy to ensure connectivity can be maintained during disruptions.
Watch the full video on Firstpost in collaboration with ORF to learn more.
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China | India | Undersea Cables | Sagarmanthan 2026 | India | Iran | Saudi Arabia | Strait Of Hormuz | Sarbananda Sonowal | Russia | Sagarmanthan | Sagarmanthan Summit | New Delhi | Military | Shipping | Navy | Indian Navy | Sagarmanthan Dialogue | Maritime Summit | Maritime Conference | ORF | Firstpost
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In this session, Erin Watson, Chief Executive Officer, Baker & York, Australia, speaks with Tuneer Mukherjee, Non-Resident Associate Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, India, moderated by Tim Sweijs, Director of Research, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands. They discuss the growing strategic importance of submarine cables, rising concerns over sabotage, Chinese investments across the Indo-Pacific and India’s increasing focus on protecting critical undersea infrastructure.
The discussion explores India’s efforts to strengthen subsea security, including talks to deploy undersea sensors, while highlighting the need for greater information sharing, cable-repair capabilities, spare cables and redundancy to ensure connectivity can be maintained during disruptions.
Watch the full video on Firstpost in collaboration with ORF to learn more.
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China | India | Undersea Cables | Sagarmanthan 2026 | India | Iran | Saudi Arabia | Strait Of Hormuz | Sarbananda Sonowal | Russia | Sagarmanthan | Sagarmanthan Summit | New Delhi | Military | Shipping | Navy | Indian Navy | Sagarmanthan Dialogue | Maritime Summit | Maritime Conference | ORF | Firstpost
#china #india #underseacables#sagarmanthan2026 #indiannavy #navy #straitofhormuz #iran #saudiarabia #russia #india#sagarmanthan #sagarmanthansummit #sagarmanthandialogue #maritimesummit #maritimesecurity #maritimepower #shipping #indopacific #globaltrade #geopolitics #orf #firstpost
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