Abstract
In this study, we are trying to examine the Geostrategic and economic potentials of Gwadar and Chabahar deep Sea ports recently two constructed ports while Gwadar situated in Balochistan Province of Pakistan and Chabahar located in Sistan and Balochistan area of Iran has been recognized as coagulated strategic agreements between China and Pakistan and between India and Iran. These sea port politics are forming an unbalance of powers in the region after the United States of America is expanding its military role in the region and attended more strategic partnership with India. Both ports could change the dynamics of regional politics, oceanic trades and transshipment, therefore, in this developing scenario both Gwadar and Chabahar Iranian port have taken a central stage in the current phase of international politics and have taken a unique geo- strategic and geo-political significance. Gwadar deep sea port is weighted as a strategic base from where; China can monitor US movement in the Persian Gulf, Indians naval actions in the Arabian sea and US-Indo maritime cooperation in the IOR (Indian Ocean Region). India, in response of this strategic move developing Chahbahar port with Iranian assistances and partnership of Afghanistan, desire to Central Asian countries coupled with to reduce the influence of Chinas future long -run geo-economic and strategic interest in the entire region. The new economic, strategic and development move have created a new power structure which places the indigenous people better off after the new wave of globalization in this region. The development of Chabahar and more specifically Gwadar port could go nowhere, if the property rights of local masses and their socio economic security are not protected. One solution is to provide free and fair access of local masses to the new developments with equal distribution of resources and other opportunities to the locals at their doorsteps
Highlights
The sea politics is a complex phenomenon and getting more complex with an increase in worlds commercial activities
Due to political instability during the 1990s, no any self-styled democratic regime could turn its eyes towards this strategic pearl until 2001 when the military potentate General (R) Musharraf tendered China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) to develop a deep sea port onshore Makoran coast
This Chinese longterm initiative includes a series of road networks, railway lines, energy pipelines funded by Asian Infrastructure Idivestment Bank (AIIB) and New Silk Road Fund (Scott, David, 2015)
Summary
The sea politics is a complex phenomenon and getting more complex with an increase in worlds commercial activities. From Indian perspective, in recent, India has taken measures to reduce the value of CPEC route which singed between Sino-pakistan In this on going situation, one of the key initiatives taken by India is to build a deep water sea port at Chabahar in Iranian land. The two neighboring ports in Arabian Sea have taken a central position because of focal interest of the global leading countries like China, India, Iran, Pakistan, USA and Middle East to protect their long run Economic, Political, Geo-strategic, trade and naval-military powers in the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Oman. India has the motives to desire the crumple of Gwadar project, if Gwadar project becomes unsuccessful, it would provide open space to Chahbahar; reduce Chinas potential to drain off Iranian and Gulf energy; it would refute the PLAN a naval garrison to control the Striate of Hormuz. In this connection, Gwadar could become point of convergence for the destructive competition for energy and transit opportunities
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