Paper short abstract:

The Indian ocean has become key strategic maritime route and an important international sea-lane of communication in the 21st century . The main purpose of paper is to analyse the security challenges in Indian ocean ,by applying the geographio -economic and political approach . The issues of terrorism ,narco-smuggling and hijacking of ship are frequently taking place . The disruption of international sea-lane is resulting towards the disastrous global economy . The joint strategy should be adopted to counteract terrorism in maritime domain .

Paper long abstract:

"Whoever controls the Indian ocean dominates Asia . This ocean is the key to the seven seas in the 21st century , the destiny of the world will be decided in these waters ." Alfred Thayer Mahan .

Indian ocean has become the key strategic maritime route and an important international sea-lanes of communication in the 21st century . The main purpose of the research paper is the analyse the security challenges in Indian ocean ,by applying the geographio -economic and political approach . The law enforcement ,maintenance of maritime border and maritime security cooperation are formidable challenges confronted in Indian ocean . The traditional maritime security of indian ocean is of the high concern due to the prsesence of various checkpoints of straits of Hormuz ,the Bab-el- Mandeb and Indonesian straits ,and these check points are always open . The U.S.A and China naval bases are also present in the Indian ocean .. The events and issues of terrorism are entering the maritime domain and the criminal activities are proliferating in the region . The drug-smuggling ,human smuggling ,accidents and inter-state are also taking place in Indian ocean . The disruption of international sea-lanes resulted towards the disastrous global economy . It is necessary to adopt the joint strategy to counteract the issue of terrorism in order to make this passage as safe as possible . The multinational agency of like-minded countries should be employed to combat the issue of terrorism .