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{{short description|Indian military publication}}
{{Infobox book
| country = India
| image = Cover page of "Ensuring Secure Seas - Indian Maritime Security Strategy".jpg
| isbn = 978-93-81722-22-0
| author = Directorate of Strategy, Concepts and Transformation (with inputs from across the spectrum)
| preceded_by = Freedom to Use the Seas: India's Maritime Military Strategy (2007)
| publisher = [[Integrated Defence Staff|Integrated Headquarters]],<br /> Ministry of Defence (Navy)
| pub_date = October 26, 2015
| notes = Naval Strategic Publication (NSP) 1.2
}}

'''Ensuring Secure Seas: Indian Maritime Security Strategy''' (IMSS-2015 or ''Strategy''-2015) is a document published under India's [[Integrated Defence Staff|Integrated Headquarters]] outlining the nation's updated thinking towards its naval considerations. The previous edition '''Freedom to Use the Seas: India's Maritime Military Strategy''' (IMMS-2007) was published in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baruah|first=Darshana M.|date=3 December 2015|title=India’s Evolving Maritime Strategy|url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/12/indias-evolving-maritime-strategy/|url-access=limited|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Diplomat}}</ref>

Primary areas of national interest have been expanded to include a larger portion of the [[Indian Ocean]]. Secondary areas such as the [[Mediterranean Sea]] have been included.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Roy-Chaudhury|first=Rahul|date=22 December 2015|title=Five Reasons the World Needs to Pay Heed to India’s New Maritime Security Strategy|url=https://thewire.in/diplomacy/five-reasons-the-world-needs-to-pay-heed-to-indias-new-maritime-security-strategy|access-date=2022-02-08|website=The Wire}}</ref> Naval power will be built towards three [[carrier battle groups]]. [[Ballistic missile submarines]] will aid in sustainable and continuous nuclear deterrence and assured destruction.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Khurana|first=Gurpreet|date=2017-04-03|title=India’s Maritime Strategy: What ‘the West’ Should Know|url=https://theasiadialogue.com/2017/04/03/indias-maritime-strategy-what-the-west-should-know/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Asia Dialogue|language=en-GB}}</ref> The strategy mentions international concepts and law such as [[freedom of navigation]] and [[United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea]], and that counter-piracy and humanitarian efforts will increase.<ref name=":0" />

The document acknowledges the labyrinth of dynamic geopolitical linkages.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Sidhu|first=W. P. S.|date=2016-02-14|title=India’s challenge of securing the seas|url=https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/rUZicEuKycSHWkhWwRi7TK/Indias-challenge-of-securing-the-seas.html|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Livemint}}</ref> Organized crime, climate change and natural disasters have been considered.<ref name=":2" /> The document briefly lists other national projects and initiatives [[Project Mausam]] and [[Security and Growth for All in the Region]] (SAGAR).<ref name=":2" />

== Commentary ==
With regard to maritime law, India will need to walk the talk, taking cue from its own [[arbitration award]] with Bangladesh.<ref name=":1" /> The elucidation of "net security provider" in the Indian Ocean doubles down on the phrase and remains a challenge even within the limits of the northern Indian Ocean.<ref name=":1" />

Strategy-2015 has been called "assertive" as compared to its "conservative" predecessor, however the document does not go into detail how naval dominance will be attained and only portrays the general role of carrier battle groups during conflict.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ho|first=Ben Wan Beng|date=2018-03-06|title=The Aircraft Carrier in Indian Naval Doctrine|url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol71/iss1/6|journal=Naval War College Review|volume=71|issue=1|issn=0028-1484}}</ref>

== Related publications ==
{{Main|Indian_Navy#Documents}}
* Indian Maritime Doctrine 2004;<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 29, 2004|others=|title=India's new naval doctrine|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/articles-in-indian-media.htm?dtl/15458/Indias+new+naval+doctrine|access-date=2022-02-08|website=|publisher=|via=Articles in Indian Media. Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Parmar|first=Captain Sarabjeet Singh|date=October-December 2020|title=The Indian Navy’s Maritime Outlook: The Path Walked since Independence|url=https://usiofindia.org/publication/usi-journal/the-indian-navys-maritime-outlook-the-path-walked-since-independence/|access-date=2022-02-08|publisher=The United Service Institution of India}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Khurana|first=Gurpreet S|date=2016-03-22|title=Indian Navy Updates, Indian Maritime Doctrine 2009|url=https://maritimeindia.org/indian-navy-updates-indian-maritime-doctrine-2009/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=National Maritime Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> Indian Naval Book of Reference
* Indian Maritime Doctrine 2009;<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> [https://indiannavy.nic.in/sites/default/files/Indian-Maritime-Doctrine-2009-Updated-12Feb16.pdf Naval Strategic Publication 1.1]
* Indian Maritime Doctrine 2015;<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Further ==
* {{Cite web|last=Gopal|first=Prakash|date=2021-12-09|title=India's Conceptualization of Maritime Security|url=https://amti.csis.org/indias-conceptualization-of-maritime-security/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=|publisher=Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, [[Center for Strategic and International Studies]], [[S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies]]}}
* {{Cite web|last=Choudhury|first=Anasua Basu Ray|last2=Nayak|first2=Sohini|date=26 August 2020|title=Changing Dynamics of India’s Maritime Policy|url=https://diplomatist.com/2020/08/26/changing-dynamics-of-indias-maritime-policy/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=Diplomatist|language=en}}
* {{Cite web|last=Singh|first=Abhijit|date=21 December 2015|title=India's New Maritime Security Strategy: 'Brand-building' in an Era of 'Geopolitical Discord'|url=https://idsa.in/idsacomments/indias-new-maritime-security-strategy_asingh_211215|access-date=2022-02-08|website=|publisher=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}
* {{Cite web|last=Chauhan|first=Vice Admiral Pradeep|date=2020-02-03|title=India's Proposed Maritime Strategy|url=https://maritimeindia.org/indias-proposed-maritime-strategy/|access-date=2022-02-08|website=National Maritime Foundation}}
* {{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Cody T.|date=September 2017|title=Century of the Seas: Unlocking Indian Maritime Strategy in the 21st Century|url=https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/56178/17Sep_Smith_Cody.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|website=Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive|publisher=Naval Postgraduate School}}

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