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India and the South China Sea Dispute
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Topic Started: Mar 3 2016, 01:37 PM (595 Views)
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Ayoshi
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Mar 3 2016, 01:37 PM
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The Diplomat - March 01, 2016
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While India isn’t party to the South China Sea dispute, four aspects of the recent developments might interest New Delhi. First, irrespective of the claims and counter-claims by the United States and China, it is clear that Beijing operates from a position of strength in the South China Sea, wherein it has physical control over critical islands in the region. China has shown the U.S. and its allies that what matters in a maritime territorial dispute is the actual ‘possession’ of the islands, and as long as the PLA exercises military control over the features, it will exploit their location to support broader territorial claims. For New Delhi, which has been concerned about the security of its trade-flows and energy interests in the South China Sea, however, Beijing’s placement of missiles points to a sober reality. As the disputed islands are militarized, it could imperil freedom of navigation, making Beijing the main arbiter of the accepted range of ‘legitimate’ operations in the South China Sea.
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For New Delhi, recent events underscore the contested nature of maritime politics in the Pacific. China and the U.S. play the ritual of cooperation and conflict at sea with a practiced ease that is hard to overlook. Just days after the passage of the Curtis Wilbur for the second FONOPS, the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations consulted with his Chinese counterpart about unplanned encounters at sea. Both naval chiefs appeared satisfied with the implementation of the code. Yet, only a few days later, China had placed missiles on the Woody, and Admiral Harry Harris, the commander of U.S. Pacific Command, announced that the security situation had worsened to a point where the USN was contemplating intensifying the FONOPS.
Lastly, the recent developments emphasize the need for India to strike a balance between maritime security imperatives in the Indian Ocean, and its legal stance on freedoms enjoyed by user states in territorial waters. New Delhi’s real dilemma is that while it opposes Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, it also disagrees with Washington’s interpretation of maritime law and the freedoms enjoyed by foreign warships in littoral spaces. In particular, India does not concur with U.S. attempts at claiming a “right to uninterrupted passage” in coastal waters without the prior permission of the subject state – especially in areas that are deemed to be within a nation’s territorial waters. New Delhi’s view on the subject, in fact, broadly corresponds with Beijing’s – particularly on the need for prior notification by foreign warships before entering a coastal state’s territorial waters or EEZ claiming innocent passage.
related threads: * Pacific Ocean & South China Sea not India's primary area of interest - Admiral Nirmal Verma, Indian Navy chief * India 'prepared and preparing' to deploy ships to South China Sea
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Mar 4 2016, 04:44 AM
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U.S., India, Japan Plan Joint Naval Exercises Near South China Sea
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March 3, 2016
NEW DELHI—The U.S., India and Japan will conduct joint naval exercises in the northern waters of the Philippine Sea, an area close to the East and South China Seas where Beijing is locked in an increasingly tense standoff with Washington.
The maneuvers are part of an annual event between the U.S. and Indian navies that, since 2014, has expanded to include Japan, signaling closer cooperation between the three countries that share concern about China’s military ambitions.
Dates for the exercises haven’t been disclosed.
U.S. Pacific Commander Adm. Harry Harris announced the location of this year’s exercises—called Malabar—at a conference in New Delhi Wednesday. The Indian navy said Japan would participate, but declined to confirm where the event would occur.
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Jan 11 2018, 07:30 AM
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Agence-France-Presse/ABS-CBN
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India to court ASEAN leaders as it seeks edge over China Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 2018 06:51 AM
NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host 10 Southeast Asian leaders as guests of honor at India's Republic Day celebrations as New Delhi seeks to blunt China's influence in the region.
India will host the leaders at a commemorative summit on January 25 to mark a quarter century of ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
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