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Lee Cordner

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Lee Cordner is a strategic analyst who has worked as a policy adviser, consultant, practitioner, researcher and educator. His interests include maritime security and strategy, international relations, policy analysis and development, risk management, strategic planning, and organizational behaviour. Lee is with the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre (IPGRC), University of Adelaide, Australia and currently resident at the Institute for Defence and Strategic Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India as a Visiting International Fellow, where he is researching Indian Ocean maritime security governance. He is a Visiting Research Fellow at the US Naval War College, Newport RI, USA and a Visiting Fellow with the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Singapore. Lee was co-chair of a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) Study Group on offshore oil and gas safety and security in the Asia-Pacific, and he is a member of the Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG).
He was a Principal Research Fellow (Associate Professor) at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia; and formerly CEO of Future Directions International Pty Ltd (FDI), an independent strategic think-tank based in Perth, Australia. He served full-time in the Royal Australian Navy for 33 years and commanded HMA Ships Adelaide (as Senior Captain in the Fleet), Sydney (during the 1990-91 Gulf War), Bass and Betano; his last Navy position was Director General Navy Strategic Policy and Futures in the rank of Commodore. He continues to serve in the Reserve as an Operational Member of the Navy Seaworthiness Board and recently completed 46 years naval service. He lives in beautiful Kiama, Australia.
Publications
Visiting Fellow
E-mail: lgcordner[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

India’s Military Modernization: Challenges and Prospects, edited by Rajesh Basrur, Ajaya Kumar Das and Manjeet S. Pardesi

The emergence of India as an Asian great power in line with its economic development in recent years is a matter of significant strategic interest regionally and globally. India’s unique position as the world’s most populous democracy, with its diverse societal mix combined with its central geostrategic position, places it at the core of Asian and Indo-Pacific Ocean economic and strategic considerations.

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Indian Ocean Maritime Security Cooperation Needs Coherent Indian Leadership

Maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) is a central issue for regional and extra-regional actors. Traditional and non-traditional security challenges largely converge at sea as they impact economic, environmental, energy, human, food and national security. As the major regional power and an emerging Asian great power, India’s willingness and capacity to provide strategic leadership is critical to engendering a cooperative spirit of shared destiny. India’s growing naval capabilities indicate a strong commitment to maritime security.

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Exploring Risks and Vulnerabilities: An Alternate Approach to Maritime Security Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region

Maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has become a central consideration. Shared risks and common vulnerabilities for state and non-state actors, generated by traditional and non-traditional security challenges, converge to a significant extent at sea. Risk-based approaches offer the potential for regional and extra-regional actors to engage in a constructive and non-confrontational dialogue that can assist collective security cooperation.

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