Oceanic Strategy

'Indian Ocean has always been central to India's maritime imagination. At a time when the centre of gravity of global politics and economics has shifted to the Indo-Pacific, it is even more important to assess the emerging strategic power play in the Indian Ocean. In this book, the authors navigate this vast terrain and highlight how a more confident India is reconfiguring its Indian Ocean strategy at a time when sea power's criticality to global order could not have been more pronounced. While the fault-line with China is quite evident, India's largely benign presence make it a natural partner of most nations with the stakes in the Indian Ocean.'

-Harsh V Pant, Professor at King's College London and Director of Research at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.

'The shift in the global geopolitical and geoeconomic centre of gravity to the Indo-Pacific has led to most leading powers reorienting their strategic approach to this region. India, as a leading Indo-Pacific power also has to develop its strategy to shape the geostrategic outcomes in the region. The authors of this book, late Dr Vidhan Pathak & Raghvendra Kumar, both of whom have a deep understanding of the subject, have presented a very detailed and well researched analysis of the external and internal dynamics that will shape the future of this region and how India with its deep historical, cultural and civilizational roots will be able to leverage these to shape its own approach. This book is a valuable addition to the existing material on the Indo-Pacific and its insightful perspective will offer incisive inputs to the scholar, the policy maker and the practitioner.'

-Commodore Anil Jai Singh, IN (Retd.) Vice President, Indian Maritime Foundation