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ARC E H S E F R O R U E N V D R A E T I Strategic Trends S O B O N South Asia Series Volume 1 Issue 3, December 2011 Security Challenges from Non-State actors in the Indian Ocean Probal Ghosh Observer Research Foundation Security Challenges from Non-State actors in the Indian Ocean Probal Ghosh Observer Research Foundation Strategic Trends presents a broad scrutiny of events and actors in the contemporary geo-political context for an informed appraisal of the near future. This series forms an important part of ORFs Net Assessment Project launched in January 2011. The project, in the present edition, is an attempt to study key developments and policy makers, especially in the political and military sphere, in South Asia with a view to map the emerging challenges facing India. About the Author: Dr Probal Ghosh is presently a Senior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). He is also the current Lead Co-Chairman and India Representative to the CSCAP International Study Group on Naval Enhancement in Asia Pacific Region. He was earlier the Co-Chair of the CSCAP Maritime Study Group. Prior to joining ORF, he served in various other think tanks. He was a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS); a Founder Member and the first Senior Research Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF); held the Prof DS Kothari DRDO Chair at the USI (United Services Institution); was a Research Fellow at the IDSA (Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses) for two fellowship tenures. He has been a Guest Professor at the Stockholm University (2005) and has lec