The Geopolitical Cartographer was honoured to collaborate with the Sri Lanka Navy, the Ministry of Defence, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in hosting the Galle Dialogue 2023, under the theme 'Emerging New Order in the Indian Ocean'.

The International Maritime Conference took place from 11th to 13th October 2023 at the Lighthouse Hotel by Jetwing, in Galle, Sri Lanka.

This Session on 'Maritime Domain Awareness' includes:
Initial Remarks by the Moderator (Mr. Wade David Turvold, Representative,
AsiaPacific Center for Security Studies)
Maritime Domain Awareness: Shifting Paradigms for Merging Interest
(Ms. Siji Song, Programme Coordinator, Indian Ocean East Team of the
GMCP/UNODC)
Dark Shipping: Collaborative Efforts for Information Fusion (VAdm
Emmanuel Slaars, Joint Commander of the French Forces deployed in the Indian Ocean, France)



The Geopolitical Cartographer is an international research foundation specialising in the Indian Ocean. The Geopolitical Cartographer aims to promote the study, research, and analysis of the geopolitical, geoeconomic, and maritime affair developments in the Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, and the connected landmass, which are redrawing the global political order.