A leaf from history and the Indian Ocean-Five decades on.

The article discusses the history of naval operations in the Indian Ocean since the 1960s. Topics covered include the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, the evolution of the Indian Ocean as an international arena for military contest and cooperation in the 2010s, the Indian government's launch of an aggressive policy agenda to dominate the Indian Ocean region and the need for Pakistan to have a revised policy focusing on the Indian Ocean.