ABSTRACT Maritime security is essential to supporting the Blue Economy. Many maritime security forums have been key supporters of the Blue Economy concept, particularly in the Indian Ocean region (IOR). This paper will explore the co-evolution and co-dependence of Blue Economy and maritime security agendas, with a particular focus on the IOR. It identifies two primary interactions between Blue Economy and maritime security interests. Firstly, maritime security is an enabler of the Blue Economy, for example, through safeguarding navigation routes, providing important oceanographic data to marine industries and protecting rights over valuable marine resources and activities within claimed zones of maritime jurisdiction. Secondly, an often overlooked role that maritime security plays in the Blue Economy is by being itself a source of economic development and growth. An expanded Blue Economy will create greater demand for maritime security capabilities, and this, in turn, will trigger increased investment and growth in these capabilities. The enhanced and increasingly diverse role that maritime security will continue to play in the Blue Economy can be seen across all sectors in the IOR.

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海上安全与蓝色经济：印度洋的交叉点和相互依存关系

摘要 海上安全对于支持蓝色经济至关重要。许多海上安全论坛一直是蓝色经济概念的主要支持者，尤其是在印度洋地区 (IOR)。本文将探讨蓝色经济和海上安全议程的共同演变和相互依存，特别关注 IOR。它确定了蓝色经济和海上安全利益之间的两个主要相互作用。首先，海上安全是蓝色经济的推动者，例如，通过保护航道、为海洋产业提供重要的海洋数据以及保护对海洋管辖区域内的宝贵海洋资源和活动的权利。第二，海上安全在蓝色经济中扮演的一个经常被忽视的角色本身就是经济发展和增长的源泉。扩大的蓝色经济将对海上安全能力产生更大的需求，而这反过来又会引发对这些能力的投资和增长。在 IOR 的所有部门都可以看到海上安全将继续在蓝色经济中发挥的增强和日益多样化的作用。