Emerging Security Architecture in the Indo Pacific Region A Study from Indian Perspective

Abstract

The evolving Indo-Pacific Regional Security Architecture (IP-RSA) is the recent newlinesecurity phenomenon in the Asian continent. In fact, the Indo-Pacific region is a newlinecentre of the Asian security framework, primarily due to the changing power newlinepolitics and the strategic tilt of major great powers from Trans-Atlantic to Indo- newlinePacific region. There are several geostrategic and geopolitical factors responsible newlinebehind the construction of the IP-RSA such as the US Asia Pivot policy, China s newline String of Pearls policy and One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative. Similarly, nontraditional newlinesecurity components like, narco-terrorism, human-trafficking, sea piracy, newlineclimate change and international terrorism are also deciding factors behind the newlineconstruction of the IP-RSA. newlineThe study has used the qualitative research methodology to interpret the newlineevolving Indo-Pacific regional security phenomenon in the region. It used the newlineanalytical method to investigate the emerging new regional security dynamics in newlinethe region. The sub-structural interview technique has been used in the research newlineto find out the deep investigations on new regional security phenomenon and its newlinemaritime security impacts on India. newlineIn this background, the study has used the existing paradigm such as Barry newlineBuzan and Ole Weaver s four theoretical levels of the theory of Regional Security newlineComplex (RSC) to interpret the enhancing Indo-Pacific Regional Security Complex newline(IP-RSC) in the Indo-Pacific region. It has investigated such socio-cultural, newlineeconomic, political and geostrategic components of the enhancing IP-RSA. newlineFurther, limitations of the enhancing IP-RSA like, religious and ethnic diversity; newlinelack of grand economic mechanism; geographical location and absence of leading newlineplayer are also scrutinized in the future perspective. However, the study has newlineexamined the Impacts of enhancing IP-RSA on India s maritime security in the newlineiv newlineIOR. In this response, India has adopted the bottom-up approach to increase its newlineregionalism process in the Indo-Pacific region. Further, the new geopo