| The surface of the Earth is composed of lands and oceans.The total area of oceans is accounting for71%of the Earth’s area. Oceans contain rich biological, chemical and mineral resources, providing the extensive basis for the sustainable development of human society. Ocean transportation is the main mode of transport in international logistics, accounting for2/3of the total international trade volume. Maritime strategic channel is directly related to a country’s national interests and its national survival ability.In the twenty‐first century the importance of ocean is more prominent, many countries have set up the marine strategies. Marine strategy refers to a country’s global plan on ocean policy, which puts the development, utilization, management and protection of oceans into overall planning. Maritime security strategy is a key component of the marine strategy. Maritime security means that a country’s marine rights and interests are protected from abuses or from being at risk, also known as the safety at sea. Maritime security includes traditional maritime safety and non‐traditional maritime security. Traditional marine Security mainly from the traditional political and military security perspective, it triggered the sea power competition between countries. Non‐traditional maritime security includes ocean natural disasters, deterioration of marine ecosystems, maritime terrorism, humanitarian and rescue at sea. Non‐traditional security issues affecting the marine international community is on the riseIndia is the largest country in the South Asian subcontinent, as well as the biggest country along the coast of Indian Ocean. India is surrounded by the ocean in three directions (the east, the west and the south). The part of India’s land into the Indian Ocean faces the Arabian Sea in the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. India’s geographical position provides a good springboard for the British colonization on India in modern times as well as favorable conditions for the implementation of maritime security strategy after the independence of India. After its independence, India learned bitter lessons of history. Based on its geographical conditions, India designs different maritime security strategy in different times, trying to build an international maritime security force. India’s maritime security strategy has experienced three stages: inshore defense stage, regional control stage and ocean dilatation stage. In the view of each stage, India has achieved fruitful results through its maritime security strategy, having greatly enhanced the national power and protected the interests of the country. However, India’s maritime security strategy also has many weaknesses, which have resulted in many dilemmas.Just like India, China has long border lines and coastal lines. In modern times, China was forced to open its doors from the sea and suffered from the aggression of the Western powers. Since its independence, China has attached great importance to its maritime defense. At present, Chinese overseas trade scale expands day by day. There is an urgent need for reliable ocean escort from its security forces, but its ocean situation is not optimistic. Having a dialectical view of India’s maritime security strategy is good for an objective evaluation, which has reference to China. China and India are developing countries with long coasts. Since the twenty‐first century, the two countries have increased the emphasis on maritime forces. Therefore, India’s maritime security strategy has valuable significance to us.This article is mainly divided into three parts. Chapter One introduces India’s maritime security strategy according to different periods. Chapter Two analyzes the layout and features of India’s maritime security strategy. On the basis of the two chapters, Chapter Three analyzes experiences and lessons learned from India’s maritime security strategy. The final chapter, under the basis of those analysis, discusses what China can learn or avoid from India’s maritime security strategy. |
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