Panaji, Oct 13 (PTI) Union minister M J Akbar has saidfuture conflicts would be sea-centric and warned that thecountries which did not address economic aspirations of theirmasses would be in a terrible state.
The minister of state for external affairs said emergingsecurity challenges from "sea, sky and space" faced by theworld needed to be addressed by a doctrine.
Akbar was speaking last evening at the inaugural sessionof 'Sagar Discourse 1.0', a three-day conference on maritimesecurity, organised by the Forum for Integrated NationalSecurity (FINS) in South Goa.
"The land is getting exhausted. Even the water on theland is getting exhausted. It is happening right in front ofus.
"So when land gets exhausted and green becomes brown, theoption that the mankind has is to look at the blue (sea).
Therefore, the conflict area will become more and moresea-centric," said the journalist-turned-politician.
Akbar said challenges in this century will be centredaround 4S – sea, skies, space, security - and the answer tothis problem is S5 which includes solution.
"You can actually use these realities to create harmonyrather than conflict but for that you need a mindset and adoctrine," he said.
Sharing his thoughts on modern-era conflicts, the Unionminister said the solution lies in addressing the economicaspiration of the masses.
The countries which do not address the economicaspiration of their masses will be in a terrible state, hewarned. PTI RPS RSYSRY.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.