The book is concerned with some key maritime security issues with respect to the Indian Ocean region which has immense strategic significance owing to its trade and energy flows as well as the disparities of countries sharing its waters and the volatility of the region. It provides a comprehensive review of the stakeholders in the region. It views the array of security challenges that countries of the region face-possible terrorist threats at and from the sea, piracy and smuggling of people, narcotics and arms, to name a few concerns. It examines how the regional maritime security is influenced by factors relating to oscillating economic growth, an increasing military strength and a deteriorating ecological balance. It probes the way to forge a coherent maritime policy for the region, exploring the contribution that the stakeholders would need to make for meeting the challenges.
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