Analysis of Indian National Interests in the Malacca Strait Coordinated Patrol in 2018

Abstract

The Malacca Strait is one of the strategic trade routes with more than 60,000 ships passing over more than one third of the world's commodities. Strategic values do not necessarily bring benefits, but also bring security threats. The number of countries that use Malacca Strait shipping services increase crime rates such as piracy, drug trafficking, environmental pollution, and various other threats. In an effort to overcome this problem, since 2004 multilateral cooperation has been established in the Malacca Strait Security Patrol scheme between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. This collaboration has succeeded in reducing crime rates since this collaboration was established. In 2018 India As one of the new actors in the Asia Pacific region volunteered to join in the Malacca Straits Patrol Patrol scheme. This study analyzes policies, strategies and national interests of India in the Malacca Strait. By using the foreign perspective with the Strategic Model / Rational Model as well as the concept of national interest, this research uses the Kulitative method with a case study approach to the coordination of the Malacca Strait Security Patrol. Research data collection is carried out by literature review of journals, books, reports, and internet-based sources. India, which views the Malacca Starait Patrols collaboration as a strategic partnership has a vision to expand Chinese cooperation and political influence in the Southeast Asia region and within the framework of the Indian maritime strategy in the Pacific Ocean to the Asia Pacific region.