%0 Journal Article
%T Strategic
%A Avinandan Choudhury
%A P. Moorthy
%J India Quarterly
%@ 0975-2684
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0974928418785477
%X The increasing Chinese naval presence in and around Indian ocean, coupled with the rise of the home-grown Indian Navy and the US naval dominance over the global commons, has brought about a strategic maritime triangle in the Indian Ocean. This article looks into the evolving role, capacity and objectives of the Indian, Chinese and US Navy vis-¨¤-vis their strategic interests in the Indian Ocean region. The article argues that the ascendency of China¡¯s naval prowess in Indian Ocean will prod India to opt for a tactical naval entente with the USA. Few impediments to the potential formation of a close-knit Indo-US partnership like India¡¯s fear of losing strategic autonomy, its aversion in being an east Asian naval power, US¨CPakistan ties and the difference in the Indian and USA¡¯s interpretation of the concept of ¡®Freedom of Navigation¡¯ have been discussed. The article contends that an effective Indo-US naval cooperation will depend on how these impediments are taken into considerations within the make-up of their partnership
%K Indian Ocean
%K Indo-US maritime strategy
%K Chinese maritime strategy
%K Indo-US naval co-operation
%K Indo-US naval entente
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0974928418785477