Samudera Hindia
Dalam
Kekuatan
1. NATURAL RESOURCES
40% of world’s
2. MARINE-NATURAL RESOURCES
Source: FAO’s report “Review of the State of World Marine Fisheries Resources”, Table D1-D17
FISH MAIN FISHING COUNTRIES TONS / YEAR
Croakers & Drums India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia 83,000
Pony-fish India, Indonesia 63,000
Stolephorus Indonesia, Malaysia 89,000
Indian Mackerels Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand 173,000
Scads Indonesia 44,000
Banana Prawn Indonesia, Thailand 15,000
4
KELEMAHAN
1. POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Marginalization of South Asia vis a vis South East Asia?
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PELUANG
1. Global/ Regional Balancing
• US remains the Global
Power but streamlines naval presence.
• China is up to
immediate naval power in 2020 and global
naval power in 2050.
• India is concentrating
on air supremacy
• US-China-India : new
2. Common Interests on Public Goods
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN GULF OF ADEN/ INDIAN OCEAN
DEPLOYMENT:
EU NAVFOR (ext to 12/2010), NATO, CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN, UKRAINE
IMB/ The Standard. Piracy Update –August 2009.
ANCAMAN
Identity Politics (1): Partition
Indian British Empire
Identity Politics (3): Indo-Pakistani Wars
•
1947: First India-Pakistan War (First
Kashmir War)
•
1965: Second India-Pakistan War (Second
Kashmir
War)
•
1971: Third India-Pakistan War (Bangladesh’
War)
•
1990: Major Crisis over Kashmir
•
1999: Kargil War
Identity Politics (4): Liberation Tigers of
Tamilelaam
•
Creation of Tamil
State in the North
and East of Sri
Lanka (1967-2009)
•
Indian intervention
(1987-1990)
•
Central Bank
bombing,
Palliyagodella
massacre, Dehiwalla
train bombing
•
Defeated by the
GUN-BOAT DIPLOMACY (1): DIEGO GARCIA
USS Saratoga
GUN-BOAT DIPLOMACY (2):
NICOBAR-ANDAMAN
USS Saratoga Indian navy ship in
