Leveraging the Andaman & Nicobar Islands in Strengthening Strategic Cooperation

As the old order is now in shambles and the new one is under construction, the Indo-Pacific region has become a quintessential theatre that is shaping the contours of the emerging world order. The Bay of Bengal, in the Eastern Indian Ocean, forms the heart that connects the Indian Ocean on the west and the Pacific Ocean on the east. What further enhances the significance of this region is the location of India’s extended area of territorial jurisdiction, the archipelago of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.