The Indian Ocean as a New Political and Security Region

This book analyses the emergence of the Indian Ocean as security complex and a strategic space of central importance and also looks at its prospective future. As well as US-China rivalry, the India-China rivalry is now the defining factor in the Indian Ocean – irrespective of the strategic asymmetry...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Grare, Frédéric, Samaan, Jean-Loup (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The advent of China’s Indian Ocean strategy
  • 2. Between East and West, India’s revived engagements
  • 3. The US, the reluctant offshore balancer of the Indian Ocean rivalries
  • 4. The United Kingdom and France: a European struggle for regional influence
  • 5. The Gulf Arab Monarchies: from gateways to strategic players in the Indian Ocean?
  • 6. Australia and the ASEAN member states: from interest to commitment?
  • 7. Indian Ocean Africa, from mere stakeholder to future power broker?
  • 8. Reinforcing an Indian Ocean security architecture