Ambassador Yogendra Kumar - Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? Contributions to a Seminar on Narendra Modis SAGAR Speech

Whither Indian Ocean
Maritime Order?

Contributions to a Seminar on
Narendra Modis SAGAR Speech

Advance Praise for the Book

Ambassador Yogendra Kumar has brought together in this carefully curated volume a range of Indian experts and thinkers on the maritime order in the Indian Ocean an ocean that is increasingly significant for India and the future prosperity and security of the world. This is a work that will provide facts, analysis and prognosis on this critical issue for a long time to come, and deserves to be read widely by the general public as well.

Shiv Shankar Menon

former National Security Adviser and former Foreign Secretary of India

For those wanting to familiarise themselves with the critical elements of Prime Minister Modis speech on Indian Ocean and the wider strategic backdrop, this volume is an essential read. As someone, who looked closely at the working of the existing Indian Ocean maritime order as an Administrator of the island territories, the theoretical and practical aspects of the challenge of shaping of a new maritime order, discussed in this book, indicate the enormity and the cohesiveness of national, regional and international effort required. That India could provide the thought leadership as well as musculature for this role also signifies a civilisational continuum which is uniquely Indian and, yet, uniquely regional. A very timely, quintessential contribution to the current strategic discourse which is warming up in the wake of Prime Ministers SAGAR speech.

Lieutenant-General A K Singh, PVSM, AVSM SM, VSM, Retd

former Lieutenant Governor ofAndaman and Nicobar Islands & Puducherry and former Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command of the Indian Army

Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order?, a collection of contributions by speakers at an eponymous seminar, contains a wide ranging assessment by policymakers and analysts of the challenges for and implications of the vision articulated by Indian Prime Minister Modi in his speech in Mauritius in March 2015. The theoretical and practical insights offer a useful evaluation of the policy dilemmas amidst geopolitical uncertainties, rebalancing of the international order, and other challenges including climate change and ecological degradation.

Arun K Singh

former Ambassador to the United States, France and Israel

Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? provides a comprehensive narrative of the quest for a stable security order in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Its contributors, many naval and Foreign Service experts among them, provide compelling assessments of Indias consistent efforts to construct a viable regional security architecture. This is a useful addition to the existing literature on Indian Ocean security, especially in the context of the Indian Navys emerging role as the principal maritime security provider in the South Asian littorals.

Abhijit Singh

Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation

This collection of contributions by an impressive array of experts and policymakers on the theme of the SAGAR speech has a timeliness but is also a stimulating exploration of its policy framework. This exploration has a strong IR theoretical quality, anchored in the civilisational setting of Indias millennial role in the Indian Ocean region, and adds to a certain intellectual renaissance in the Indian political theory currently underway. The volume captures this resurgent spirit which underpins Prime Minister Narendra Modis inspiring oration when he presented OPV Barracuda to the Mauritius Coast Guard.

Professor Subrata Kumar Mitra

Director, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore

As India emerges as a major power it is seeking to redefine its role in the Indian Ocean, most recently through the announcement of the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) policy. This volume is a compact and thoughtful contribution to the growing literature on the evolving scenarios in the region. The authors, comprising both policymakers and strategic analysts from India, have considered Indias evolving policies within the broader strategic context. It is an excellent contribution to public debate on this important issue.

Dr David Brewster

National Security College, Australian National University

Whither Indian Ocean
Maritime Order?

Contributions to a Seminar on
Narendra Modis SAGAR Speech

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Yogendra Kumar

Indian Foreign Service (Retd.)

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Contents

S J AISHANKAR , Foreign Secretary of India

Y OGENDRA K UMAR , former Ambassador

S HYAM S ARAN , Chairman, Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), former Foreign Secretary of India, former Chairman, National Security Advisory Board

S ANJAY C HATURVEDI , Professor, Centre for the Study of Geopolitics, Panjab University, Chandigarh

S ATISH S ONI , Vice Admiral (Retd.), former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command, former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command, Indian Navy

A JAY M ATHUR , Director General, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi, SAURABH BHARDWAJ and NITYA NANDA , Fellows at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

L EELA K P ONAPPA , India Chair, the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP), former Deputy National Security Adviser of India, former Ambassador

KV B HAGIRATH , Secretary General, Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA)

P K G HOSH , Senior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi

P RABIR D E , Professor, RIS, New Delhi

R ENU P ALL , former head of Indian Ocean division, Ministry of External Affairs, Ambassador to Austria

G OPAL S URI , Commodore, Indian Navy, Senior Fellow, Vivekanand International Foundation, New Delhi

D EEPAK S HETTY , former Director General, Shipping, Secretary to the Government of India

K S OMASUNDER , Adviser, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi and M N R AJEEVAN , Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences

K S OMASUNDER , Adviser, Ministry of Earth Sciences,

A RVIND G UPTA , Deputy National Security Adviser of India

Y OGENDRA K UMAR , former Ambassador