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Indian Ocean Region includes vital sea lanes that are important for Energy security and seaborne trade, It has a number of littoral states with fragile regimes. Somne od Asia’s largest economies are affected by the security of the IOR. The power play in the region has produced numerous hot spots. Major navies of the world operate here through choke points and strategic Straits
with nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines. Military bases and forces deployed in the region have increased chances of confrontation. Piracy piracy continues to be a menace forcing naval cooperation amongst navies to defeat the threat. The regional is rich in oil, gas and sub-sea minerals. A number of islands in the IOR are in tyhe Indian zone of influence – Seychelles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Maldives. China’s String of Pearls strategy is of concern.

India, Japan and United States participated in joint naval exercise Malabar in the Philippines Sea in 2018

India, United States and Japan: Strategic Convergence in the Indian Ocean

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US defence secretary Mark Esper, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo with prime minister Narendra Modi on 26 October 2020.

INDIA – U.S.: Indo-US Defence Cooperation Enters New Phase

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Defence minister Rajnath Singh and minister for external affairs S Jaishankar welcomed US secretary of state Michael Pompeo and secretary of defence Mark Esper...
Map. Kra Canal across Isthmus will give direct access to Bay of Bengal bypassing Malacca Strait

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AUKUS – New Trilateral Indo-Pacific Alliance

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Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the South China Sea

Quadrilateral Security Dialogue and the South China Sea

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US defence secretary Mark Esper, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, defence Minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad House, New Delhi.

Extracts from the Joint Statement Issued by India and US

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Shared Vision for Global Leadership The Ministers reiterated their commitment to maintaining a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific built on a rules-based international...
INS Sahayadri, INS Shakti and INS Kamorta during Exercise MALABAR 18.

India’s ‘Existential Threat’ Shifting Towards its Maritime Frontier

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