433 Journal of Peace, Development and Communication Volume 04, Issue 2, July-September 2020 pISSN: 2663-7898, eISSN: 2663-7901 Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.36968/JPDC-V04-I02-23 Homepage: https://pdfpk.net/pdf/ Email:
[email protected] Geopolitical Implications of the Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Article: Challenges for Pakistan Sayed Amir Hussain Shah Ph.D. Scholar, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Author(s): Dr. Muhammad Umair Rafique Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Sajad Rasool Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Lakki Marwat, KPK, Pakistan th Published: 30 September 2020 Publisher Information: Journal of Peace, Development and Communication (JPDC) Shah, Sayed Amir Hussain, et al. (2020). “Geopolitical Implications of the Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Challenges for Pakistan.” Journal of Peace, Development and To Cite this Article: Communication, vol. 04, no. 02, 2020, pp. 433–453, https://doi.org/10.36968/JPDC-V04-I02-23 Sayed Amir Hussain Shah is a Ph.D. Scholar at Department of International Relations, University of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Email:
[email protected] Dr. Muhammad Umair Rafique is serving as Assistant Professor at Faculty of Social Author(s) Note: Sciences, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan Sajad Rasool is serving as Lecturer at Department of Political Science, University of Lakki Marwat, KPK, Pakistan Indian Ocean and Maritime Security Challenges 434 Abstract: Geopolitics and geographical identity of a state holds great significance in today’s arena of International Politics.