Geopolitical importance of hot water.pptx

GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WARM WATER IN SCENARIO OF

HOT GUNS

GeopoliticsWarm watersHot guns

INTRODUCTION

Importance of warm watersThe Indian OceanGeopolitical importance of Indian ocean ports

INTRODUCTION

Major issues in Indian ocean region

Energy enriched central Asia Middle east The Suez canal Oil trade route

INTRODUCTION

2011-ME-149

SYED KAMRAN ALI KAZMI

Peoples republic of china

Name Peoples republic of china

Population 1,344,130,000 (2011) 

GDP 7.318 trillion USD (2011)

Government  Single-party state, Presidential system, Communist state.

Military 2.3 million active troops

UNO Permanent member of security council (veto power)

COUNTRY’S INTRODUCTION

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ECONOMIC INDEXES

The world’s 2nd largest economyThe world’s biggest manufacturer Huge current-account surplusNegative budget balance ( -2.4% of

GDP )

CHINA’S ECONOMY

Trade routes

Arabian sea

Pacific ocean

Bay of Bengal

GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WARM WATER IN SCENARIO OF

CHINA

silk road Khunjerab pass Karakorum high way

ARABIAN SEA ROUTE

KARAKORAM HIGH WAY

Friendship _Mutual interests

Trade route Sea ports _ Karachi and port qasim

Gawadar

PAKISTAN-CHINA

Built by china’s collaborationStrategic importance

GAWADAR-PAKISTAN

Deep sea port_ capability of handling any size of ship

GAWADAR-PAKISTAN

Shortest route for china

GAWADAR-PAKISTAN

Strategic importance _ eye on American navy in Bahrain

Oil trade route

GAWADAR-PAKISTAN

Future plains

Sino-Pak railwayNaval base in gawadarOil refinery in gawadar

GAWADAR-PAKISTAN

Hamantota – Srilankao facilitate the oil trade o Chinese Naval baseo Counter to Diego Garcia(American naval base)

OTHER PORTS IN INDIAN OCEAN

• Counter to America• To make influence in region• Look after the shipping routes• Protect ships from pirates

STRATEGIES IN INDIAN OCEAN

Marao (Maldives)Seychelles( Africa)Madagascar(Africa)Great coco islands( Burma)Chittagong ( Bangladesh)

OTHER PORTS/NAVAL BASES IN INDIAN OCEAN

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Name United states of America

Population 314,987,000

GDP $15.094 trillion

Government Federal presidential constitutional republic,Two-party

Military 1,129,283 total

UNO Permanent member of security council (veto power)

UNITED STATES(US)

Super power…

UNITED STATES(US)

Middle east War against Muslim (terrorism) Cold war/Energy enriched central

Asian states f-pak…. Diego Garcia

GEOPOLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF WARM WATERS IN SCENARIO OF

USA

Israel-Palestine dispute

MIDDLE EAST-US

Resent Gaza strikesThe killing of thousand of innocents Obama’s policy statement “Israel have right to make him secure”

…..So the American policy is the security and survival of bloody Jewish state of Israel… and that’s it!

MIDDLE EAST-US

GAZA…

GAZA…

In 2001, the US had started the war against terrorism after 9/11

WAR AGAINST MUSLIMS/ TERRORISM

Afghan war America, NATO, and ISAF

WAR AGAINST MUSLIMS/ TERRORISM

NATO and American supply route.

Options???i. through Iranii. Through central Asian statesiii. by airiv. through PAKISTAN

AFGHAN-WAR

Pakistan has provided there ports and land for NATO supplyo because it is least expensive

NATO-AMERICAN SUPPLY

future energy hubs total oil and gas deposits barrier for Russian quest of warm

water port

COLD WAR/CENTRAL ASIAN STATES

Future is of central asia.

CENTRAL ASIAN STATES

Two American navy fleets are in Indian ocean1. Persian gulf2. Diego Garcia

“All for maintain influence in the region and stops the Russia and china to make influence in the region”

AMERICAN FLEETS IN INDIAN OCEAN

IntroductionHistory: It was founded in 12th century. Later it emerged as super power in

the form of USSR. After the brutal Rule of Joseph Stalin ,who strengthened Russian of the Soviet Union, and General Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempt to modernize Communism ,USSR splintered into 15 independent republics. Since then Russia has Struggled in its efforts to build a democratic political system and market economy.

Geography:The geography of Russia describes the geographic features of Russia, a country extending over much of northern Eurasia. It is the world’s largest country in total area.The country's 17.1 million square kilometers include one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area.World’s longest border of 57,792 kilometers having boundaries with 14 countries.Coastline of 37,653 km

Geography:

Sea-Ports:Major sea ports of Russia are: Rostov-on Don on the Azov Sea. Astrakhan and Makhachkala on the Caspian sea. Kaliningrad and St Petersburg on the Baltic Arjhangelsk on white sea. Murmansk on Barents sea. Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on Pacific Ocean.

Geography:

Quest for Warm-Water Ports

Need:Russia need warm water ports because; Her sea-communications in Europe is land-locked and partially ice-

locked . To compete with the world’s emerging powers and challenges. To enhance its trade route, as most of the country’s oil exports are

transported through pipelines, tankers, rail and road transport, not through seaports.

To keep its Navy in better condition. To ensure its security and economy. Geopolitical interests in Middle East and Central Asia.

Quest for Warm-Water Ports

Barriers:The “cruel geography” of Russia denies its access to warm waters as; In the north, her access to the world is frozen in winter. In the West, Europe blocks her entry into the Atlantic Ocean and

the Mediterranean Sea. In the south, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan deny her passage to

the Arabian Sea. In the east, China and Korea separate her from the South China

Sea. While Vladivostok, her sole warm water port, is "neutralized" by

South Korean and Japanese domination of the strait of Tsushima.

Her problems were uncomfortably accentuated by the fact that her principal adversaries were the world's dominant sea powers, first Great Britain, then the United States.

Quest for Warm-Water Ports

Quest for Warm-Water Ports

Grand design:The soviet invasion of Afghanistan in search of warm waters,to

reach Indian Ocean and seizing oil of Persian Gulf.

Geo-Politics in Indian Ocean

Russia The erstwhile USSR had its permanent presence in the Indian Ocean to maintain its steady supply of oil and maintaining the balance of power in the region with US.

Russian economic and security interests include: Central Asian States Middle East Pakistan India The New Great Game

Supremacy in the world is for who got max influence in the Indian ocean

Warm water port is God’s one of the best gift to a nation

All the three countries must have proper policies to attain there objectives.

CONCLUSION

ANY QUESTION???