As the principal organisation to preserve and promote India’s maritime interests in general and in the Indo-Pacific in particular, how do you as leader of the Indian Navy view the factors of geopolitics and geoeconomics?
Threats and challenges to India’s maritime interests emanate from traditional, as well as non-traditional sources. Traditional sources are states with organised military capability and resources, which harbour adversarial posture and inimical intent towards India. Although traditional maritime security threats will remain the raison d’etre of the navy, in recent years, non-traditional security threats, viz. maritime terrorism, piracy, robbery, Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, human/ arms/ drugs trafficking, etc have necessitated the development of a fresh paradigm for maritime security.
The prevailing geostrategic environment is characterised by simultaneous competition and cooperation, resulting in blurring of conventional divisions. We have monitored increased presence of Extra Regional Forces (ERFs) in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This is an important development for us and the Indian Navy is closely monitoring trends and patterns of such deployments. We do engage with ERFs in the IOR from time to time and this provides an opportunity to enhance mutual understanding, cooperation and interoperability between the maritime forces.
In order to address maritime threats in the IOR, and to promote and safeguard our national maritime interests in consonance with the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘SAGAR’ – ‘Security And Growth for All in the Region’, the Indian Navy had revised its Maritime Strategy in 2015. The document provides strategic guidance for the growth, development and deployment of the navy.
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