The contest for the Indian Ocean : and the making of a new world order
Baruah, Darshana M.2024
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A major new examination of the Indian Ocean, revealing how the region has become a hotly contested geopolitical flashpoint. Throughout history, the Indian Ocean has been an essential space for trade, commerce, and culture. Every European power has sought to dominate it. Now, after a lull in the postwar period, control of major shipping routes has once again become a critical aspect of every rising state's ambition to be a global power. Darshana M. Baruah shows how governments from Washington, DC, to Nairobi and Canberra are expanding their interests in the region. The Indian Ocean is resource rich, strategically placed and home to over two billion people. Island nations have become more important than ever, with Madagascar forming ties with Russia and the Comoros with Saudi Arabia. It is also through the region that China engages with Africa and the Middle East. This is a compelling account of the geopolitical significance of the Indian Ocean - showing how the region has taken centre stage in a new global contest.
Main title:
The contest for the Indian Ocean : and the making of a new world order / Darshana M. Baruah.
Author:
Baruah, Darshana M., author
Imprint:
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]©2024
Collation:
xx, 206 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-192) and index.
ISBN:
9780300270914 (hardback)
Dewey class:
382
LC class:
DS341
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
479396