Vol. 7, Issue 10, Part B (2021)

Abstract
Today the Indian Ocean has gained incredible significance and has developed into the most concerted area where international economic activity conjoined political benefit. There is the world’s busiest waterway and chokepoints such as the Strait of Malacca, Bab al- Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz and the Suez Canal also. The world’s major economic as well as political focus has shifted towards the Asian and African continents which border Indian Ocean at large. The objective of the paper is to show the emerging Economic and Geopolitical significance of Indian Ocean by highlighting the evolving roles of India China and the USA in Indian Ocean, and by delineating the geographical features of this powerful ocean