Understanding the Fallouts of Indian Naval Strategic Vision on Indian Ocean Region

Abstract

This article explores the fallouts of India's naval strategic vision in the IOR, examining the various factors that have contributed to its failures. This study also tries to highlight the contradictions between the strategic vision and actions of Indian Navy in Indian Ocean Region. The issues regarding the incapability of Indian Navy to be a blue water Navy and its strategic and logistical failures are pointed out. The theoretical framework revolves around the conceptualization of the Sea Power Theory of Alfred Mahan. To find out the answers of research questions related to fallouts and contradictions of Indian Strategic vision, three qualitative approaches such as descriptive, exploratory and historical are being used during the study. This study is primarily qualitative in nature within post positivist paradigm. Data analysis is being done through Qualitative Content Analysis with more focus on its subtype of directed manifest analysis. This study concludes that the repercussions of Fallouts of Indian Naval strategic vision are many as they are a threat to regional peace and security.