Nong Hong is Associate Research Professor at the Research Centre for Oceans Law and Policy, National Institute for the South China Sea Studies, Hainan, China, and Adjunct Senior Fellow, China Institute, University of Alberta, Canada.
The main objective of this article is to highlight the challenge of maritime security in the region geographically bounded by the Indian Ocean. It studies the current status of maritime security in the region from both the traditional and non-traditional points of view. From the traditional security perspective, it examines the strategic interests of the major Indian Ocean players—the China–India competition and India–US relations in particular—in addition to the existing maritime disputes among the littoral states.
