Mohan, C. Raja.

Abstract
The Indian Ocean is back in fashion in the international geopolitical discourse. As a major source of raw materials, the home to some of the world’s most volatile regions, the incubator of violent extremism, the main theatre for the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, the location for a large number of failed and failing states, the littoral’s importance for the global economy and great power relations has never been in doubt. The current strategic excitement about the Indian Ocean is similar to the one more than four decades ago when Great Britain announced the withdrawal of its forces from the East of the Suez. Then and now, the big question is about the meaning and consequences of a power transition in the Indian Ocean.
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