India and the Emerging Geopolitics of the Indian Ocean Region

Navigating the Future of the Indian Ocean Region

Abstract

The Indian Ocean provides the foundation for the trade systems underpinning the Asia's economic growth in a world in which Asia is playing an increasingly important economic and geopolitical role. The Indian Ocean is the trade basin between Europe, Asia, the Near East and Africa. This is also the electricity lifeline that much of the growing economies in the world rely upon. The geopolitical results that will shape the future of the region have to be decided with maritime chokepoints. This paper discusses about the India and the emerging geopolitics of the Indian Ocean region.