India’s Maritime Geopolitics: Philosophy and Practice

Within the contemporary global maritime realm, India’s core area of interest is the ‘Indo-Pacific’. India’s maritme forays depend upon a geopolitical philosophy that buttresses strategic practices. To underscore this link, the article seeks to ascertain Alfred T. Mahan and K. M. Panikkar’s thoughts in Indian maritime perceptions, assessing the application thereof on protean power structures. Finally, it delves into Indian maritime doctrines and strategies to explore core focus and geopolitical/geostrategic formations resorted to by the naval establishment vis-à-vis its plans for achieving sea power either derived from, or aspired to align with the Mahan-Panikkar thought-composite.