The 21st century is increasingly b eing described as the Indian Ocean Century. As the global economic centre of gravity shifts from the Atlantic to Asia, the vast maritime region stretching from the eastern coast of Africa to the western Pacific has emerged as the world's busiest and most strategically important sea space.
The operation marks the latest escalation in Washington’s widening crackdown on Iran’s covert oil trade network, which US authorities claim is helping Tehran bypass international sanctions through secret maritime operations across key global shipping routes.
The torpedoing of the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean is a stark reminder that distant wars rarely remain distant for India.
In a formal statement from its Polit Bureau, the party accused the Centre of undermining India’s independent foreign policy and abandoning the nation’s historic anti-imperialist and non-aligned legacy.
He said that the impact of these attacks reaching the Indian Ocean and close to India's borders is a matter of concern for the countrymen, but the BJP government at the Centre has maintained unprecedented silence on this serious issue.
In a move that reverberates across the geopolitical chessboard, India has inaugurated a new naval base on Minicoy Island in Lakshwadeep, near the Maldives.
As China continues to expand its in- fluence in the region, India must navigate a delicate bal- ance between diplomacy and safeguarding its national security interests.
China has pursued aggressive strategies to expand politicodiplomatic, economic and strategic influence among the Indian Ocean littorals and the regional seas.
In the vast geopolitical chessboard, one piece stands out as a potential game-changer in any conflict involving China and that is the Indian Ocean.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar brought up apprehension over the “steady increase in Chinese naval presence” in the Indian Ocean…
