India is a reliable partner in the Indian Ocean Region and can take on the role of being the net security provider in the region. Discuss.

A Maldives, against vaccine nationalism of west - C India as an economics 2-keep military power can challenge China's debt-trap or waller wearror allegement - B Sri domka's economic crisis 2019 Way forward - i strengthen existing programmes - SAGAR, BIMSTEC, QUAD - Indian ocean regional association IORA - ii engage with europe (i.e germany 2 frame on indo-pacific 'free 2 open' concept. India is central to Indian ocean & it is time for India's rise & start of Asian century