A former Indian Navy officer, Vijay Sakhuja has authored a book ‘Confidence Building from the Sea: An Indian Initiative’ and his second book ‘Asian Maritime Power in the 21st Century: Strategic Transactions -China, India and Southeast Asia’ is under print. He has been on the research faculty of Centre for Airpower Studies, Observer Research Foundation, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, and United Service Institution of India, all at New Delhi. His research areas include Indian Ocean security, naval and maritime developments, and maritime risk assessments. He is also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.