India's Naval Strategy and Asian Security PDF

Edited by Anit (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Mukherjee, C. Raja (Observer Research Foundation, India) Mohan

Part of the Cass Series: Naval Policy and History series

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This book examines Indiaâ€™s naval strategy within the context of Asian regional security. Amidst the intensifying geopolitical contestation in the waters of Asia, this book investigates the growing strategic salience of the Indian Navy.

Delhiâ€™s expanding economic and military strength has generated a widespread debate on Indiaâ€™s prospects for shaping the balance of power in Asia.

This volume provides much needed texture to the abstract debate on Indiaâ€™s rise by focusing on the changing nature of Indiaâ€™s maritime orientation, the recent evolution of its naval strategy, and its emerging defence diplomacy.

In tracing the drift of the Navy from the margins of Delhiâ€™s national security consciousness to a central position, analysing the tension between its maritime possibilities and the continentalist mind set, and in examining the gap between the growing external demands for its security contributions and internal ambivalence, this volume offers rare insights into Indiaâ€™s strategic direction at a critical moment in the nationâ€™s evolution.

By examining the internal and external dimensions of the Indian naval future, both of which are in dynamic flux, the essays here help a deeper understanding of Indiaâ€™s changing international possibilities and its impact on Asian and global security.

This book will be of much interest to students of naval strategy, Asian politics, security studies and IR, in general.