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India’s Horn of Africa strategy has shifted: what it’s trying to do and how it could work

The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi visiting Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple. Photo @ Wikimedia Commons
The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi visiting Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple. Photo @ Wikimedia Commons
  • India shifts to proactive diplomacy and economic engagement in the Horn
  • Strategy targets trade routes, security and competition with global powers

 

India’s engagement in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea basin was, until recently, largely limited to UN peacekeeping operations and anti-piracy patrols.

Since the second half of the 1990s, India has participated in nearly all peacekeeping operations in Africa.

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