The Indian Ocean Is Becoming The Battleground For India And China

Helicopters fly past the Chinese Jiangwei II class naval frigate "Luoyang" at an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army Navy in Qingdao, Shandong province in this 2009 file photo. India is concerned about China's potential aggressiveness in the area of the Indian Ocean. Guang Niu/Pool/Reuters

Robert Kaplan: Indian Ocean Becomes Battleground For India And China -- Christian Science Monitor

'China wants a presence. India is unnerved by all of this,' Robert Kaplan, author of 'Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power,' told a small gathering in Cambridge.

Let's play connect the dots. After the US midterm elections, President Obama will visit India, Indonesia, South Korea, and Japan. Trace a line between the nations, noting how it loops down through the Indian Ocean and back up through the South China Sea and East China Sea, forming a semicircle around China.

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My Comment: Robert Kaplan is right .... China has positioned itself to have a presence in the Indian Ocean, and India is responding to this Chinese positioning. Coupled this with the decline in U.S. naval power .... well .... what happens next is anyone's guess.