Kavalam Madhava (K. M.) Panikkar (1895–1963) was one of India’s foremost historians, diplomats, strategic thinkers, and geopolitical scholars, whose ideas transformed India’s understanding of maritime security, Indian Ocean geopolitics, and foreign policy. A visionary advocate of Maritime Realism, Panikkar argued that India’s security, prosperity, and strategic influence are inseparable from control of the Indian Ocean.Continue reading “K. M. Panikkar: Maritime Strategy, Indian Ocean Theory, Asian Resurgence & Indian Foreign Policy”