The increased focus on maritime security post 9/11 has inadvertently put SLOC like the IO on the radars of many observers for fear of disruption to shipping and trade. For starters, the threat of piracy, especially along the waters near the Horn of Africa and in the northern part of the Straits of Malacca, continues to be a bane to merchant ships. The busy shipping traffic in the IO naturally attracts the attention of pirates keen to grab the cargo, and even the vessels and the valuables carried
INDIA’S ENERGY DIPLOMACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Energy is vital for the growth and survival of all living beings and it plays a crucial role in the socio-economic development and human wellbeing of a country. It has come to be known as a `strategic commodity’ and any uncertainty about its supply can threaten the functioning of the economy, particularly in developing economies. Energy indicates national prosperity and also underwrites national security. States now desire energy security in the
never fully able to grasp and understand our environment, we depend on the mass media to provide us with knowledge of the world in which we live. Thus, the media provide us with what we take to be the truth. 10 In his book, Lippmann explains the importance of the media in shaping our perceptions, writing: “[l] looking back we can see how indirectly we know the environment in which nevertheless we live. We can see the news of it comes to us now fast, now slowly; but that whatever we believe to be a
Introduction The consumption of energy increased significantly in the past century, and with it, the demand for energy supplies increased as well, primarily because the exhaustible sources started to drain compared to its immense need. Therefore, the world was anticipating reliable renewable energy sources, the most common being: 1) Biomass: it relies on organic materials from plants and animals. 2) Hydro-power: that is based on the moving water. 3) Geothermal: using the heat from the core of the
INTRODUCTION Automation is the use of machines, control systems and information technologies to optimize productivity in the production of goods and delivery of services. Automation is the answer to India’s pursuit for being a world-class industrial competitor. The Indian farms are slowly beginning to feel the stimulus for the instrumentation, control and automation industry. Indian automation is advancing at a fast pace, yet it is one area that can never be achieved and admired – it is something
Southeast Asia is a region with different political regimes that comprised of eleven countries. It has always been of significant geo-strategic importance with its sea frontiers across important sea routes involving the oil rich Indian Ocean region related to the strategically important Asia Pacific region. Southeast Asia is becoming increasingly importance in today’s globalised world both on relation of the significant situation that it occupies in international deal and in terms of climate change
It was evident that the company found it challenging to plan and budget effectively hence why they needed the necessary knowledge of IBM to help the organization in order to speed up the process and evidently showing the importance of the BI system. Given the companies growth rate it was essential that they needed a solution to their problem and that their current technologies were causing the company to miss out on valuable opportunities, as well as delaying decision-making
INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the study Ultrasound is sound energy in the form of wave taking a frequency above the human hearing range. The maximum frequency that the human can sense is about 20 thousand cycles per second (20 kHz). This is where the sonic range ends, and where the ultrasonic range starts. Ultrasound has various real-world applications, it is used in directional, automated, industrial and for security purpose and it is frequently used in cameras to measure distance and used in
I have been a former democratic at large whip and a member of the United States House of Representative majority policy committee chair. In 2004, I was re-elected to office and gained a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, which handles Social Security, healthcare and the U.S. tax code. In January of 2011 I began my third term and am currently still the Senator of New York. I hope to remain in this position in order to continue bettering and benefitting the state.
is its strategic importance since it links Northeast Asia and the western Pacific to the Indian Ocean and the Middle East, allowing the U.S. to cooperate with these regions through the sea lanes . Moreover, the SCS, because of its connection of continents, is of great importance for world trade. In fact, the SCS is one of the busiest international sea lines in the world , as more than half of the