STRATEGI DIPLOMASI PERTAHANAN INDIA DI KAWASAN SAMUDERA HINDIA 2021-2024
Abstract
The Indian Ocean is an important water for India where 97% of the country's trade passes through the sea route. This ocean has also transformed into an arena that attracts the attention of both countries in the region and external countries where non-state actors such as piracy, illegal fishing, and other criminal actors. This is exacerbated by the presence of superpower countries such as China which are starting to increase their influence in the Indian Ocean which will increase the potential of the Indian Ocean to become the arena of competition for superpower countries. Guarding sea borders is not as easy as guarding land borders, so it is very difficult for India to be able to maintain maritime security in the Indian Ocean. Thus, India needs help from various countries, especially countries in the Indian Ocean. This research was conducted with the aim of identifying what diplomatic steps have been taken by India in the period 2021 to 2024, in responding to developments in threats in the Indian Ocean region. Where the results of this study show that India's efforts to strengthen its influence in the Indian Ocean can be said to be quite slow due to a lack of solidarity among member countries and the division of India's focus on maintaining its land borders with China and Pakistan. India needs to demonstrate its role as a leader in the Indian Ocean region and must be able to compete with China's influence before countries in the region begin to depend on China. SAGAR is a policy that can be a solution to this problem, however, SAGAR still has its own challenges where its implementation which tends to be slow can reduce the trust of the Indian Ocean countries towards India
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