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ID:
153116
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China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative is a grand plan to connect Asia, Europe and East Africa
economically. However, from India’s point of view, China’s attempt at what it describes as geo-economic
expansion appears as a geopolitical threat because of China’s activity in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
This essay assesses the extent to which OBOR is (i) realistic and achievable, (ii) a genuine threat to India
and (iii) amenable to possible Indian involvement. It concludes that India should continue to be wary of
its neighbour in national security terms, but has no option but to cooperate with China economically by
participating in OBOR if it seriously wishes to increase economic growth and bring the ‘Make in India’ and
Sagarmala projects to fruition. In particular, India should seriously consider allowing Chinese companies
to develop one or more Indian ports with associated infrastructure and manufacturing
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ID:
150593
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The maritime piracy issue drew significant global attention post-2012. The response from the major nations, even those geographically distant from the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), has been highly pro-active. Two important changes that are relevant to this paper are the increased deployment of multi-national naval forces for anti-piracy operations and also re-routing of the shipping lanes closer to the shores. The acoustic impact of these actions was completely ignored but their impact on the marine ecosystem needs to be reviewed. A rare stranding of a blue whale in June 2015 and a Bryde's whale in January 2016, off the west coast of India, are a possible manifestation of the degraded acoustic habitat due to high levels of low-frequency ambient noise in the region. The paper presents an investigative analysis of the two reported events and their correlation with acoustic habitat degradation which may be attributable to increased shipping in the region.
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ID:
168109
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the strategic importance of IOR is ever increasing to the world order in general and Indian sub-continent in particular. India’s central position in IOR lends it immense advantages but at the same time presents far greater challenges. A secure IOR is key to ensuring security of India’s national interests. It is, therefore, essential for her to assume the role of a net security provider in the region.
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ID:
179951
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Since the launch of the Maritime Silk Road Initiative (MSRI), observers have witnessed the consolidation of a growing Chinese presence in ports around the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). This growing presence has caused alarm among skeptics who view the MSRI as a second coming of the String of Pearls (SoP). Indeed, China is seen as leveraging MSRI port investments in return for national strategic and geopolitical gain, such as ultimately gaining a military foothold in MSRI ports. Regardless of China’s purported intent, this paper seeks to add nuance to this debate by examining whether Beijing can actually achieve such strategic gains in the IOR via the deployment of its economic statecraft (via MSRI investments). As the paper shows, the MSRI’s current rollout – as well as the inherent resistance to the strategic dimensions of this rollout – offer little in the way of empirical support to the SoP concept.
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ID:
191838
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