Walk the talk on maritime security

To become a major player in the world in the next 20 years, India must create greater capabilities at sea

Maritime security is the flavour of the season at the highest level. Starting off with his visit to the US when Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed cooperation at sea with President Donald Trump, there have been a spate of interactions and articulations which would tend to suggest that India is poised to become a major maritime nation with preponderant interests in the Indo-Pacific. Security at sea figured high in the PM’s discussions with French President Emmanuel Macron and again with the heads of Asean governments in Delhi. So too with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — maritime affairs were very