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Title Indian Ocean and maritime security : competition, cooperation and threat / edited by Bimal N. Patel, Aruna Kumar Malik and William Nunes
Published London : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (164 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I The past, present and future of the Indian Ocean; 1 Revisiting maritime security in the Indian Ocean: a note on current scenario; 2 China is pivot to the Indian Ocean Region: impacts and implications for India; 3 India's role and responsibility as a major power in the Indian Ocean; 4 India and China in the Indian Ocean Region: countervailing powers; PART II The Indian Ocean and India's partners; 5 Maritime security perspective of Sino-Indian relations in the Indian Ocean Region
6 Maritime security concerns in the Indian Ocean: countering piracy, trafficking and terrorism7 Maritime security in the Indian Ocean: confronting non-traditional security threats with regional cooperation; 8 Indian Ocean: maritime security and the need of development; PART III India's influence and responsibilities in the Indian Ocean Region; 9 Piracy off the coast of Somalia and maritime security; 10 'Whale of the Ocean -- India'; 11 The China factor in Indo-Japan strategic relations; 12 Look-East policy: challenges and prospects for India and ASEAN security relations; Index
Summary This book provides a synoptic view of the Indian Ocean and maritime security in its contested waters. Using a historical approach, it reveals vital links to events in the present day. The volume: Highlights the competition between major Asian powers to control the 'String of Pearls' -- a reference to the Chinese attempts at controlling the Indian Ocean periphery. Shows that cooperation amongst the major powers of the region could abate the threat of the potential of conflict becoming global and inviting external intervention. Discusses India's Look-East policy and the deepening relation between India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Argues for the need of Indian Ocean states and particularly the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) members of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) to look afresh at their political and security issues and common interests. Suggests measures for evolving a robust mechanism of maintaining the Indian Ocean as a sustainable zone of commerce, energy, security and peace rather than threat. A major contribution on a critical area in Asian geopolitics, this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of international relations, politics, defence studies and maritime security studies, along with strategic affairs experts and think tanks
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject India. Indian Navy.
China (Republic : 1949- ). Hai jun.
SUBJECT China (Republic : 1949- ). Hai jun fast
India. Indian Navy fast
Subject Maritime law -- Indian Ocean
Security, International -- Indian Ocean
Diplomatic relations
Maritime law
Military relations
Security, International
Strategic aspects of individual places
SUBJECT Indian Ocean Region -- Strategic aspects
Indian Ocean Region -- Foreign relations
Indian Ocean Region -- Military relations
Subject Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean Region
Form Electronic book
Author Patel, Bimal N., editor.
Malik, Aruna Kumar, author, editor.
Nunes, William, 1971- author, editor.
ISBN 9781315439747
1315439743