After the British rule collapsed India was more of continental that maritime power but when in 1991 it changed its orientation back to exports globalization and liberalization the seas immediately became important suggests.
С Raja Mohan Director Institute of South Asian Studies National University of Singapore.
According to him the current Indian Prime Minister managed to give this shift a real political form.
The essential role of maritime domain is built into Indias transformation but we needed a big leader who can actually give it a political voice and Modi did it the expert says.
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