{"id":33773,"date":"2018-10-30T14:20:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T08:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=33773"},"modified":"2018-10-30T14:20:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T08:50:16","slug":"the-wind-in-indias-sails-ie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-wind-in-indias-sails-ie\/","title":{"rendered":"The wind in India\u2019s\u00a0sails (IE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/the-wind-in-indias-sails-indo-us-naval-exercises-malabar-quad-alliance-asean-4951571\/\"><strong>The wind in India\u2019s\u00a0sails<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(IE)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India has, since 1998, signed \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d agreements with 30 countries and organisations, ranging from Afghanistan and ASEAN to Uzbekistan and UAE<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does the term \u2018strategic\u2019 means in international relations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cstrategic\u201d in international relations implies a convergence of interests in areas of security, economics and foreign affairs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indian maritime outreach to US<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Malabar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0is a trilateral naval exercise involving the\u00a0United States,\u00a0Japan\u00a0and\u00a0India\u00a0as permanent partners<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Started as a bilateral exercise<\/strong>: Originally a bilateral exercise between India and the United States, Japan became a permanent partner in 2015<\/li>\n<li>Past non-permanent participants are Australia and\u00a0Singapore<\/li>\n<li><strong>Began in 1992<\/strong>: The annual Malabar series began in 1992 and includes diverse activities, ranging from fighter combat operations from aircraft carriers through\u00a0Maritime Interdiction Operations\u00a0Exercises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SAGAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author appreciates the current policy dispensation of the present government wherein \u2018Look East\u2019 was replaced by \u2018Act East\u2019 but he goes further and states that SAGAR should now be the recurring theme in Indian maritime diplomacy<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is SAGAR?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a phrase which means Security and Growth for All in the Region. Region here refers to the IOR<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What is IOR?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Ocean Rim is a region comprised of the states whose shores are washed by the waters of the Indian Ocean. The region is home to about two billion people<\/p>\n<p>IOR Countries\u00a0\u00a0 Source Wiki<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a region of much cultural diversity and richness \u2013 in languages, religions, raditions, arts and cuisines. The countries of the Indian Ocean Rim vary considerably in terms of their areas, populations and levels of economic development<\/li>\n<li>They may also be divided into a number of sub-regions (Australasia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia and Eastern &amp; Southern Africa), each with their own regional groupings (such as ASEAN, SAARC, GCC and SADC, to name a few)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) is an international organization with 21 Member States \u2013 Australia, Bangladesh, Comoros, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Oman, Seychelles, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, UAE and Yemen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proper implementation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author states that government need to bear in mind that while visionary leaders may strategise on a grand scale, their policies will be only as good as the implementation on ground by bureaucrats, technocrats and diplomats<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coining of the term Indo-pacific<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The term Indo-Pacific was coined by young IN captain, Gurpreet Khurana, in a 2007 essay, wherein he visualised the linking of the Indian Ocean with the Western Pacific, across the Malacca Straits, to form a seamless economic and security continuum<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It was offered as an alternative to the \u201cAsia-Pacific\u201d paradigm which included only Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands, and terminated at the Malacca Straits, leaving out India. Despite the scepticism of Indian diplomats, the term seems to be here to stay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quad: What is it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>India-Australia-Japan-US quadrilateral (or Quad) dialogue has been referred to as Quad<\/p>\n<p><strong>Necessity of the Quad<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring the safety of international shipping involves anti-piracy operations, maritime interdiction and cooperative maritime domain awareness<\/li>\n<li>Natural calamities and man-made crises may call for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, non-combatant evacuation, and search and rescue operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As, no single nation or navy can hope to provide all this, therein comes the utility of the Quad<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holding off China: Revitalizing our defence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author states that China need not worry about the Quad and it is quite possible that the Quad might include other members in future but at the same time following needs to be done by India to rise up to China,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>India must boost its military muscle by urgently modernizing the armed forces<\/li>\n<li>India must attain true \u201cstrategic autonomy\u201d through an infusion of advanced technology for its defence-industrial complex<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The wind in India\u2019s\u00a0sails (IE) Context India has, since 1998, signed \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d agreements with 30 countries and organisations, ranging from Afghanistan and ASEAN to Uzbekistan and UAE What does the term \u2018strategic\u2019 means in international relations? 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