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123677
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The maritime dimension of ASEAN-India defense cooperation has always occupied a premier position given the geographical realities of Southeast Asia. Unlike air and land forces, naval forces offer policymakers strategic flexibility in the pursuit of foreign policy objectives in areas where maritime interests coincide. However, the ambiguous nature of naval forces could also be controversial, particularly in maritime zones of potential geopolitical rivalry. 1 The dual nature of naval forces is best manifest in India's naval cooperation with its ASEAN counterparts. While the Indian Navy (IN) essentially serves as a flexible diplomatic instrument of New Delhi's "Look East" policy since the end of the Cold War, its role in regional security dynamics is not without controversy, especially in the context of recent simmering tensions in the South China Sea. Hence, this article aims to examine the dynamics of ASEAN-Indian defense cooperation in the naval sphere, using the case studies of Singapore and Vietnam.
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123675
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2013.
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India's defense strategy toward Southeast Asia can be understood in terms of two broad sets of strategic objectives that together drive India's relationships in the region. These include its ambitions to be the predominant power in the northeast Indian Ocean and a broader objective to assume a greater strategic role in Southeast Asia and the Pacific. India's aspirations to increase its defense presence in the region are broadly consistent with the perspectives of many ASEAN states, which mostly see India as a positive factor in the Southeast Asian balance of power. But India is yet to demonstrate itself as a useful and consistent security partner for much of the region. India is hindered by a lack of strategic focus and planning that is consistent with many of its strategic relationships.
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123673
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123672
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123678
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2013.
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Despite their shared historical and cultural affinities, the bilateral relationship between India and Indonesia is perhaps the least explored, researched, and developed among all the bilateral relations both countries have forged. This is particularly so in the field of defense, despite both countries being Indian Ocean littoral neighbors with only 80 nautical miles between Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh and India's southernmost Indira Point in the Great Nicobar Island. Both countries have large Muslim populations and share common democratic values. These factors should both be ingredients and incentives to warrant closer defense cooperation. Why then do they seem embroiled in mutual neglect? 1
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123676
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2013.
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India has reinforced its strategic objectives in Southeast Asia in response to the rise of China and its growing influence in Southeast Asia. 1 The new geopolitical focus on the region is complemented by India's increasing interest in economic integration with it. This has produced a new kind of strategic relationship that is based largely on the power of attraction rather than that of coercion. 2 India has utilized its rising economic and military resources, normally understood as "hard power," in the form of "soft power" with substantial success. While analysts tend to make a sharp distinction between the hard power of military and economic instruments available to the state, this article shows that there is a substantial overlap between them and that the "soft" aspects of hard power play a significant role in meeting India's strategic objectives. It also examines how purely soft power resources (such as culture) play a complementary role. Taken together, India's soft power-based on military as well as non-military resources-underlies its strategy of building strong defense and strategic links with Southeast Asia.
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123674
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2013.
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Southeast Asia's security politics have arrived at an inflection point, thanks to the renewal of territorial conflicts, deterioration of great power relations and the seeming inability of existing regional institutions to cope with these challenges. More than three decades of relative peace and tranquility, which provided the conditions for rapid economic growth and the development of regional cooperation, appear to be coming to an end. Amid the new strategic uncertainties, there is growing interest in the region in a larger Indian contribution to peace and stability in Southeast Asia. Perceptions of India's rise and its expanding military capabilities have raised hopes within the region for a stronger Indian security profile in Southeast Asia. Within India too there is much greater awareness of the changing security politics in East and Southeast Asia and the rare opportunities that present themselves for raising India's standing in the region and the world.
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