Commodore Lalit Kapur (Retd.)

Commodore Lalit Kapur (Retd.)

Senior Fellow for Maritime Strategy

Email: lalit@dpg.org.in

An alumnus of the Doon School, Dehradun and the National Defence Academy, Cmde Lalit Kapur is a veteran with over 35 years of commissioned service in the Indian Navy.  He has served on a wide variety of Western and Russian origin ships, been a member of the Fifth Indian Scientific Expedition to Antarctica (during which he pioneered a technique for survey of the Ice Shelf in the vicinity of Dakshin Gangotri); been India Defence Attaché at Muscat 1999-2002 and held a wide variety of seagoing assignments.  

He has served in the Defence Intelligence Agency as its first Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Defence Protocol and Foreign Liaison), where he was responsible for overseeing all foreign defence representatives in India, all Indian defence representatives abroad and military intelligence cooperation with friendly foreign countries; the Strategic Forces Command where he was responsible for strategic communications and the sea vector, and at Headquarters Offshore Defence Advisory Group, Mumbai, where he was responsible for all its operations. He has over 12 years of tri-service experience, 8 years of diplomatic experience and has achieved a ‘Distinguished’ grading in every course he has attended since 1980.  

The Commodore holds a Bachelors Degree in Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University as well as two Masters Degrees (both with Distinction); one in Defence Studies from Madras University and the other in Management Studies from Osmania University.  He also holds an M Phil degree from Mumbai University.  

A prolific reader, his interests include International Relations, human resource development and military history. He writes professionally and has numerous published articles to his credit. 

  • Indo-Pacific Monitor

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    Date: September 10, 2024

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    Date: August 31, 2024

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    Date: August 24, 2024

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    Date: August 01, 2024

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  • Letter from America

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    Date: July 15, 2024

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    Date: July 02, 2024

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    Date: June 09, 2024

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    Date: June 01, 2024

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    Date: April 26, 2024

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    Date: March 31, 2024

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    Date: March 19, 2024

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    Date: March 19, 2024

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    Date: March 01, 2024

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    Date: February 01, 2024

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  • The Changing Contours of Indian Ocean Maritime Security

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    Date: January 24, 2024

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  • The Strategic Dimensions of Thailand’s Kra Land Bridge

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    Date: December 09, 2023

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    Date: December 01, 2023

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    Date: November 01, 2023

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  • Exercise Malabar Goes Down Under

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    Date: August 29, 2023

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    Date: August 01, 2023

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    Date: July 02, 2023

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  • Tensions at the Shangri-La Dialogue

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    Date: June 18, 2023

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    Date: June 01, 2023

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    Date: May 10, 2023

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    Date: May 02, 2023

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    Date: April 01, 2023

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    Date: March 21, 2023

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    Date: March 01, 2023

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    Date: February 15, 2023

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    Date: February 07, 2023

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    Date: February 01, 2023

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    Date: January 03, 2023

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    Date: November 01, 2022

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    Date: October 01, 2022

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    Date: September 01, 2022

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  • The Yuan Wang–5 Affair

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    Date: August 23, 2022

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  • The Return of INS Vikrant

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    Date: August 16, 2022

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    Date: July 31, 2022

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  • Reviving India-France-Australia Trilateral Cooperation in the Indian Ocean

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    Date: July 18, 2022

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    Date: July 01, 2022

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  • Assessing the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness

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    Date: June 23, 2022

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    Date: June 01, 2022

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    Date: May 13, 2022

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    Date: April 30, 2022

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    Date: March 01, 2022

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  • The New US Indo-Pacific Strategy

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  • The Indo-Pacific in 2021

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    Date: January 28, 2022

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    Date: September 25, 2021

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  • India Leads Maritime Security Discussion at the UNSC

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    Date: August 16, 2021

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    Date: August 04, 2021

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    Date: August 02, 2021

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  • Understanding India's Maritime Security Coordination Needs

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    Date: July 23, 2021

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    Date: July 23, 2021

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    Date: May 27, 2021

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    Date: May 01, 2021

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  • Reading the USS John Paul Jones FONOP Right

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    Date: April 14, 2021

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  • Déjà Vu in the South China Sea

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    Date: April 11, 2021

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

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    Date: April 01, 2021

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  • India, China and the Indian Ocean: Reading the Tea Leaves and Preventing Coercion

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    Date: February 17, 2021

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    Date: February 01, 2021

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  • Foreign, Security and Trade Policy Challenges of 2021

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    Date: January 19, 2021

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    Date: January 01, 2021

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  • India and Australia: Partners for Indo-Pacific Security and Stability

    India and Australia: Partners for Indo-Pacific Security and Stability

    Date: December 15, 2020

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    Date: December 02, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

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    Date: October 31, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

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    Date: October 01, 2020

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  • Taming the Revanchist Dragon

    Taming the Revanchist Dragon

    Date: September 09, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: August 31, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: July 31, 2020

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  • US Raises Stakes in the South China Sea

    US Raises Stakes in the South China Sea

    Date: July 18, 2020

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  • Operationalising SAGAR: Bridging the Gap between Policy and Execution

    Operationalising SAGAR: Bridging the Gap between Policy and Execution

    Date: July 11, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: July 01, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: June 01, 2020

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  • Geopolitical Lessons of COVID-19 for India

    Geopolitical Lessons of COVID-19 for India

    Date: May 04, 2020

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  • Continuing Geopolitical Games in the South China Sea

    Continuing Geopolitical Games in the South China Sea

    Date: April 10, 2020

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: April 01, 2020

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  • The Indo-Pacific Scene: An Update

    The Indo-Pacific Scene: An Update

    Date: March 28, 2020

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  • indo Pacific Monitor

    indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: March 02, 2020

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  • Shaping a Security Architecture for the Indian Ocean

    Shaping a Security Architecture for the Indian Ocean

    Date: February 12, 2020

    DPG Policy Paper, Vol. V, Issue 6: Shaping a Security Architecture for the Indian Ocean by Lalit Kapur and Hemant Krishan Singh

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  • Indo Pacific Monitor

    Indo Pacific Monitor

    Date: February 01, 2020

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  • Reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir: Dawn of a New Era

    Reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir: Dawn of a New Era

    Date: August 12, 2019

    DPG Policy Brief, Vol. IV, Issue 20: Reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir: Dawn of a New Era by Lalit Kapur, Arun Sahgal and …

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  • Defending India's Interests in the Indian Ocean

    Defending India's Interests in the Indian Ocean

    Date: June 28, 2019

    DPG Policy Paper Vol. IV, Issue 15: Defending India’s Interests in the Indian Ocean by Lalit Kapur  

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  • Delivering on SAGAR: India's disaster assistance post cyclone "IDAI"

    Delivering on SAGAR: India's disaster assistance post cyclone "IDAI"

    Date: March 29, 2019

    DPG Event Brief Vol. IV, Issue 5: Delivering on “SAGAR”: India’s disaster assistance post-cyclone …

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  • Freedom of Navigation: Different Strokes for Different Folks

    Freedom of Navigation: Different Strokes for Different Folks

    Date: March 22, 2018

    DPG Policy Brief Vol. III, Issue 4: Freedom of Navigation:  Different Strokes for Different Folks by Lalit Kapur, …

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  • US National Defence Strategy: Implications for India

    US National Defence Strategy: Implications for India

    Date: February 08, 2018

    DPG POLICY BRIEF Vol. III, Issue 2 US National Defence Strategy: Implications for India by Arun Sahgal and Lalit Kapur

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  • MALABAR 2017

    MALABAR 2017

    Date: August 01, 2017

    DPG BRIEF Vol. II, Issue 4 : MALABAR 2017 by Lalit Kapur, Senior Fellow, Delhi Policy Group  

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  • DPG Policy Note Vol. II, Issue 7: Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative: Maritime Imperatives for India

    DPG Policy Note Vol. II, Issue 7: Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative: Maritime Imperatives for India

    Date: July 26, 2017

    DPG Policy Note Vol. II, Issue 7: Geopolitics of the Belt and Road Initiative: Maritime Imperatives for …

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