Indian Ocean, endowed with vast hydrocarbon resources and a key geographical location, today forms as hub of international strategic, economic, social and political activities. The region is thus characterised by growing strategic competitions and co-operations involving regional and extra regional powers. This coupled with non-traditional threats like terrorism, narco-smuggling and environmental hazards are fast changing the security and stability dynamics in the region. It is in this background that peace loving littorals are faced with serious challenges towards protection of maritime and sovereign jurisdictions from traditional and non-traditional threats. The broad theme of the conference focused on “traditional and Non-traditional Threats, Force Postures and Extra Regional Interest: Implications for Arabian Sea and the Gulf Littorals” and their impact on the security and stability of the littoral countries.

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