Abstract
This paper attempt to analyse the dynamics of the changing relations between the countries in the Indian Ocean region. Globally, the Indian Ocean Region holds a very crucial place due to its geo strategic importance. The struggle for power and to get a better hold of the region through which the major portion of the world trade passes through, the power rivalry is at its zenith. As new relations and groups emerge, the old powers and relationship which dominated the region in the past are fading. The emergence of India and China as the new economic giants has entirely changed the power dynamics in the Indian Ocean region. The rivalry between America and China turned the situation more critical. The resurgence of the QUAD grouping in the recent times against the dominance of the china in the region is a very bold and critical step at this juncture of time when in the third decade of the 21st century the world is grappling with a deadly coronavirus pandemic on one side and China trying to turn the 21st century into the Chinese century on the other side. The warm and friendly relations between India and America also turned out as irritant for the china. The article diagnoses the interaction between different rising and fading superpowers in the backdrop of geopolitics in the Indian ocean.
Highlights
This paper attempt to analyse the dynamics of the changing relations between the countries in the Indian Ocean region
“Wherever there’s power, there’s politics” The above saying by Turkish writer Elif shafak seems becoming a truth when we look at the geopolitics of the Indian ocean region
The current scenario in the international relations where the old powers are being replaced by the new giants and where economic power is the new might, the Indian ocean is at the forefront to witness the change in the balance of power
Summary
“Wherever there’s power, there’s politics” The above saying by Turkish writer Elif shafak seems becoming a truth when we look at the geopolitics of the Indian ocean region. Joseph Nye. The Indian ocean in the current realm in international relations has become of critical importance. The Indian ocean in the current realm in international relations has become of critical importance It has been a geopolitical theatre and a ground for power politics in the past. As the old power hierarchies and relations changes, it becomes important for India to analyse its stakes in the region very cautiously. PM modi in 2015 visited three small but crucially important Indian ocean island states - Mauritius, Seychelles and srilanka where he highlighted the ancient cultural linkages and trade relations and coined the acronym “SAGAR” which refers to Security and growth for all in the region and unveiled India’s strategic vision for Indian ocean
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