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CMDE ABHAY K SINGH, RETD

Research Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses,
New Delhi

Commodore Abhay Kumar Singh, an Indian Navy veteran is currently a
Research Fellow at the Military Affairs Centre in the Institute for Defence
Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. A surface warfare officer, he has served in
various command and staff apppointments during his naval career. He has
also served as Director (Military Affairs) in the Disarmament and International
Security Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. Cmde Singh is an alumnus
of the Naval Academy, Defence Services Staff Course, and Naval War College. He
has an MPhil from Mumbai University. Maritime geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific
is his key area of reaserch.

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