INDIAN OCEAN REGION AND MARITIME SECURITY
INDIAN OCEAN REGION AND MARITIME SECURITY Indian Ocean: Battle for Supremacy Importance of maritime security, in present scenario is not only in part of traditional concept of security rather more earnest issues at hand are from non-state actors. The incidents like 26/11has further brought focus to this idea. In the post cold war era, new concept of security has developed out of critique of statism and state centric thinking on security. The focus has shifted to other aspects like freedom from economic and other forms exploitation, energy security, environmental security and others. The need is to recognize the fact that security is not divisible either in military, social, economic, political dimensions or between national and international aspects; these are trans-national issues with substantial security ramifications. Indian Ocean: Area of emerging geostrategic importance § Indian Ocean is going is going hog the limelight in coming century which is as