Contents: Introduction/Adluri Subramanyam Raju. Part I: Maritime Good Order at Sea: Conceptual Analysis. 1. Maritime Order in Indian Ocean/P.V. Rao. 2. Rational Choice, Institutionalism and Maritime Good Order/Uttara Sahasrabuddhe. 3. Good Order and Discipline of the Ocean: Invoking Corporate Social Responsibility/Prabhakaran Paleri. Part II: Indo-Pacific Region: Emerging Geo-Political Dynamics. 4. Evolving Geo-Political Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific Region/Antara Ghosal Singh. 5. Good Order at Sea Management Revisited: India and the Indo- Pacific/Santishree Dhulipudi P and Rimli Basu. 6. Maintaining Order in the Seas: Evolving India-US Partnership in the Indo-Pacific/Chintamani Mahapatra and Monish Tourangbam. 7. Enhancing Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific Through Maritime Cooperation: India’s Role/Udai Rao. 8. China’s Maritime Silk Road: India’s Response/Apoorva R. Heroor. Part III: Threats to Maritime Environment. 9. High Risk Area in Indian Ocean/V. Srilatha. 10. Sea-Lane Security in Indian Ocean: The Way Forward/Prakash Panneerselvam. Part IV: India as a Security Provider. 11. Net Security Provider: Imperatives for India/Dinesh Yadav. 12. Good Order at Sea: India’s Imperatives and Approaches/Shereen Sherif. 13. India’s Good Order at Sea Apparatus: Role of Coastal Security Group/S. Utham Kumar Jamadhagni. 14. India as a Security Provider in Indian Ocean/Adluri Subramanyam Raju. Index. The volume argues that India must take the lead role in establishing ocean management for littoral countries to maintain maritime stability and good order in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). The volume discusses how maritime sphere of influence has become a dominant factor in global affairs. Ninety per cent of the world’s trade travels by sea, major international trade centres and economic powers are located on the coast and thirty six per cent of the world’s oceans are encompassed within the exclusive economic zone. There is a strong link between economy and the world’s oceans, and hence good order at sea is essential. After end of the Cold War when the liberalization process commenced, India realized the importance of its role in maintaining peace, security and stability in the IOR as a responsible maritime state. Fourteen papers in this volume examine the current and future prospects of maritime stability and good order in the IOR and approach India should adopt.