Strategic transformation of land-sea complex India and analysis of port-oriented development strategies
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: India, as a land-sea complex country, shifting from a focus on land power to a focus on the sea, is also faced with the problem of allocating its relatively limited strategic resources among multiple strategic objectives. The transformation of strategy involves many factors, such as geopolitical factors, historical legacy factors, leadership factors, and security perception factors. In this case India’s choice of port oriented strategy is a choice as a land-sea complex country, in order to realize its great power ambitions, although it recognizes the importance of sea power and gradually shifts its strategic focus to the sea, but it will certainly not give up the development of its land power, being able to connect to the land and achieve a certain degree of power projection is the reason why India chooses to build a port, and it is only when this port is able to provide both maritime benefits and land benefits that it will have the motivation to practice difficult tasks. Only if the port can provide both maritime and land benefits will it have the incentive to carry out the difficult task.
Source: Commentary and Critique
DOI: 10.62432/0525021
Author: Paerweina PALIHATI
Institution: Renmin University of China
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4407870651